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Mecynogea
basilica spiders
Mecynogea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders in the family Araneidae, first described by Eugène Simon in 1903. The genus contains nine species distributed across the Americas, from the United States to Argentina. The name derives from Greek words meaning "to lengthen" and "earth." Members of this genus are commonly known as basilica spiders.