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that was first described by

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: *'' Mecaphesa aikoae'' (Schick, 1965) – USA *'' Mecaphesa anguliventris'' (Simon, 1900) –

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*'' Mecaphesa arida'' (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii *'' Mecaphesa asperata'' ( Hentz, 1847) – North,

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*'' Mecaphesa baltea'' (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii *'' Mecaphesa bubulcus'' (Suman, 1971) –

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*'' Mecaphesa californica'' (

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*'' Mecaphesa carletonica'' (Dondale & Redner, 1976) – USA,

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*'' Mecaphesa cavata'' (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii *''

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'' ( Keyserling, 1880) – Mexico,

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*'' Mecaphesa decora'' (Banks, 1898) – Mexico, Guatemala *'' Mecaphesa deserti'' (Schick, 1965) – USA, Mexico *''

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*'' Mecaphesa hiatus'' (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii *'' Mecaphesa imbricata'' (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii *'' Mecaphesa importuna'' (Keyserling, 1881) – USA **'' Mecaphesa i. belkini'' (Schick, 1965) – USA *'' Mecaphesa inclusa'' (Banks, 1902) –

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(Galapagos Is.) *'' Mecaphesa insulana'' (Keyserling, 1890) – Hawaii *'' Mecaphesa juncta'' (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii *'' Mecaphesa kanakana'' ( Karsch, 1880) – Hawaii *'' Mecaphesa lepida'' ( Thorell, 1877) – USA, Canada *'' Mecaphesa lowriei'' (Schick, 1970) – USA *'' Mecaphesa naevigera'' (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii *'' Mecaphesa nigrofrenata'' (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii *'' Mecaphesa oreades'' (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii *'' Mecaphesa perkinsi'' Simon, 1904 – Hawaii *'' Mecaphesa persimilis'' (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador *'' Mecaphesa prosper'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Guatemala *'' Mecaphesa quercina'' (Schick, 1965) – USA *'' Mecaphesa reddelli'' Baert, 2013 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) *'' Mecaphesa revillagigedoensis'' (Jiménez, 1991) – Mexico *'' Mecaphesa rothi'' (Schick, 1965) – USA *'' Mecaphesa rufithorax'' (Simon, 1904) – Hawaii *'' Mecaphesa schlingeri'' (Schick, 1965) – USA *'' Mecaphesa semispinosa'' Simon, 1900 – Hawaii *'' Mecaphesa sierrensis'' (Schick, 1965) – USA *'' Mecaphesa sjostedti'' (

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, 1924) –

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(Juan Fernandez Is.) *'' Mecaphesa spiralis'' ( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) – Guatemala *'' Mecaphesa velata'' (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii *''

Mecaphesa verityi ''Mecaphesa'' is a genus of Thomisidae, crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1900. Species it contains forty-nine species and one subspecies, found in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, South ...

'' (Schick, 1965) – USA

References

Thomisidae genera Spiders of Hawaii Spiders of North America Thomisidae Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Thomisidae-stub

See also

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