''Synemosyna'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of ant mimicking

jumping spiders Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...

that was first described by

Nicholas Marcellus Hentz Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (July 25, 1797 – November 4, 1856) was a French American educator and arachnologist. Biography Hentz was born in Versailles, France. He was the youngest child of Charles Nicholas Arnould Hentz and Marie-Anne Therese ...

in 1846.

Species

it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the

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, and

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

: *''

Synemosyna americana ''Synemosyna'' is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846. Species it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico ...

'' (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) – Mexico to Venezuela *''

Synemosyna ankeli ''Synemosyna'' is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846. Species it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico ...

'' Cutler & Müller, 1991 – Colombia *''

Synemosyna aschnae ''Synemosyna'' is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846. Species it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico ...

'' Makhan, 2006 – Suriname *''

Synemosyna aurantiaca ''Synemosyna'' is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846. Species it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico ...

'' ( Mello-Leitão, 1917) – Colombia,

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Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

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Synemosyna decipiens ''Synemosyna'' is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846. Species it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico ...

'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) –

, Guatemala *''

Synemosyna edwardsi ''Synemosyna'' is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846. Species it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico ...

'' Cutler, 1985 – Mexico to Costa Rica *'' Synemosyna formica'' Hentz, 1846 ( type) – USA *''

Synemosyna hentzi ''Synemosyna'' is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846. Species it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico ...

'' Peckham & Peckham, 1892 – Brazil *''

Synemosyna invemar ''Synemosyna'' is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846. Species it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico ...

'' Cutler & Müller, 1991 – Colombia *''

Synemosyna lauretta ''Synemosyna'' is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846. Species it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico ...

'' Peckham & Peckham, 1892 – Brazil, Argentina *''

Synemosyna lucasi ''Synemosyna'' is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846. Species it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico ...

'' ( Taczanowski, 1871) – Colombia to Peru and Guyana *''

Synemosyna maddisoni ''Synemosyna'' is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846. Species it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico ...

'' Cutler, 1985 – Mexico, Guatemala *''

Synemosyna myrmeciaeformis ''Synemosyna'' is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846. Species it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico ...

'' (Taczanowski, 1871) –

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

, Brazil,

French Guiana French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic coast of South America in the Guianas. ...

*'' Synemosyna nicaraguaensis'' Cutler, 1993 –

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*'' Synemosyna paraensis'' Galiano, 1967 – Brazil, French Guiana *'' Synemosyna petrunkevitchi'' (Chapin, 1922) – USA,

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*'' Synemosyna scutata'' (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil *'' Synemosyna smithi'' Peckham & Peckham, 1894 – Cuba, St. Vincent *'' Synemosyna taperae'' (Mello-Leitão, 1933) – Brazil *'' Synemosyna ubicki'' Cutler, 1988 – Costa Rica

References

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Photographs of ''Synemosyna'' species from Brazil

Picture of ''S. formica''

Species

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Further reading