''Mazax'' is a
genus
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of
corinnid sac spiders first described by
O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1898.
Species
it contains seven species from the
Americas and the
Caribbean:
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Mazax ajax''
Reiskind, 1969 – Mexico
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Mazax chickeringi''
Reiskind, 1969 – Jamaica
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Mazax kaspari''
Cokendolpher, 1978 – USA
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Mazax pax''
Reiskind, 1969 (
type
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) – USA to Panama
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Mazax ramirezi''
Rubio & Danişman, 2014 – Argentina
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Mazax spinosa''
( Simon, 1898) – Central America, Lesser Antilles
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Mazax xerxes''
Reiskind, 1969 – Costa Rica
References
Araneomorphae genera
Corinnidae
Spiders of Argentina
Spiders of North America
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