Mecynogea lemniscata ( Walckenaer, 1841 )

Martins, Pedro H. & Santos, Adalberto J., 2018, Morphology and taxonomy of the orb-weaving spider genus Mecynogea, and a peculiar species of Argiope (Araneae, Araneidae), Zootaxa 4415 (3), pp. 423-451: 440

Mecynogea lemniscata ( Walckenaer, 1841)  Edit

Linyphia lemniscata Walckenaer, 1841: 263  Edit (Name for illustration of J. Abbot (1792) The Drawings of the Insects of Georgia, fig. 25. Originally deposited in The Natural History Museum, London, with photocopy in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, not examined).

Mecynogea  Edit lemniscata— Levi 1980: 13, figs 1–15; World Spider Catalog 2017 (complete taxonomic citation history).

Distribution. This species has the widest distribution in the genus, with records from southeastern USA to northern Argentina, although with a disjunction created by the absence of records in the Amazonia. We report this species for the first time in Bolivia, and add new records from the Brazilian states of Distrito Federal, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí and São Paulo ( Fig. 19).

Material examined. BOLÍVIA: San Ignacio : [16°22'39.19"S, 60°57'56.02"W], 315 m, 9.III.1961, L  Edit . Hammersch leg., 1♀ ( IBSP 3355); BRAZIL: Distrito Federal: Brasília, Fazenda Água Limpa, [15°56'60"S, 47°54'0"W], 1100 m  Edit , 22.XII.1990, C. Dall'Aglio leg., 1♂ 1juv. ( IBSP 15880); Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte, Estação Ecológica da UFMG (19°52'34.2"S, 43°58'22.2"W), 827 m  Edit , 14.XI.2015, P.H. Martins et al. leg., 1♀ ( UFMG 19486); ditto [19°52'38"S, 43°58'16"W], 845 m  Edit , IX.2000, E.S.S. Álvares leg., 1♂ (UFMG 4752); I.2001, E.S.S. Álvares leg. 1♀ (UFMG 5976); 1♀ (UFMG 5977), III –VII.2000, E. S.S. Álvares leg., 2♀ ( IBSP 63867); Belo Horizonte, Parque Municipal das Mangabeiras [19°57'14.86"S, 43°54'19.15"W], 1188 m  Edit , 20–22.I.2009, H.H. Santos et al. leg., 3♀ ( UFMG 7973); Brumadinho, Parque Estadual da Serra do Rola Moça [20°5'17"S, 44°12'29"W], 757 m  Edit , 16.XII.2010, H. Thomassen leg., 1♀ ( UFMG 6385); Itaobim (16°34'7.5"S, 41°28'51.1"W), 327 m  Edit , 27.XI.2011, I.L.F. Magalhães et al. leg., 12♂ 2 juv. ( UFMG 10128); Jaboticatubas, Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó [19°20'53"S, 43°37'7"W], 818 m  Edit , I.2003, Equipe Laboratório de Aracnologia leg., 1♀ ( UFMG 13827); Prudente de Morais, Fazenda do Sapé , rodovia MG-424 [19°28'6.18"S, 44°14'29.78"W], 850 m  Edit , 2.XI.2000, E.S.S. Álvares leg., 1♂ ( UFMG 427); Paraná: Jaguariaíva, Parque Estadual do Cerrado [24°10'4.79"S, 49°40'50.34"W], 848 m  Edit , XII.1999 – I.2000, C. Becker & M. Braga leg., 1♀ ( IBSP 26476); Pernambuco: Parnamirim [8°5'29.99"S, 39°34'44.43"W], 396 m  Edit , 23.III.2012, A. Costa leg., 1♀ ( UFPB-AR 911); Serra Talhada , Fazenda Buenos Aires [7°58'45"S, 38°23'2.3"W], 459 m  Edit , III – IV.2010, M. Carvalho leg., 1♀ ( UFMG 19544), Serra Talhada, Fazenda Saco, Mata da Pimenteira (7°53'0"S, 38°18'0"W), 548 m  Edit , 11. II.2010, M.C. Carvalho & A. Brito leg., 3♂ ( UFMG 14172); São Paulo: Embú das Artes [23°38'56"S, 46°51'8"W], 782 m  Edit , II.1994, 1 ♀ (IBSP 5638); Primavera, Usina Hidrelétrica Sérgio Motta [22°30'45.56"S, 52°52'8.18"W], 330 m, I –II.2000, Equipe IBSP leg., 2♀ ( IBSP 29797); Rifaina [20°4'50.63"S, 47°25'46.39"W], 609 m  Edit , 4.X.2004, M.M. Santom leg., 1♂ ( IBSP 66361); São José do Rio Preto [20°48'42.34"S, 49°22'34.42"W], 485 m, 2002, 1♀ ( IBSP 57889).  Edit

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FIGURE 19. Geographic distribution records of Mecynogea lemniscata (Walckenaer, 1841). Circles indicate previously known records and stars represent new records.