Family: Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0105] Back
Gen.
Gayenna Nicolet, 1849 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02130 ]
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Mezenina Strand, 1932: 141 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04183] by Ramírez & Kochalka, 1993: 164; Mezenina is a replacement name for Mezenia Simon, 1897a: 101 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04712] (type M. dorsalis Simon, 1897), preoccuppied in fossil Hydrozoa by Stuckenberg, 1895; not a senior synonym of Abuzaida Keyserling, 1891 (Ramírez, 2003: 130, contra Mello-Leitão, 1925a: 457, see Arachnosia), nor of Samuza Keyserling, 1891 (Ramírez, 2003: 130, contra Petrunkevitch, 1911: 485, see Arachnosia).
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2024-08-14
2024-08-14
Described in
Nicolet, 1849: 450 (type Gayenna americana Nicolet, 1849; gender feminine)
Nicolet, 1849: 450 (type Gayenna americana Nicolet, 1849; gender feminine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 10 | accepted |
| 1 | synonym |
| 1 | nomen nudum |
| 6 | nomen dubium |
Reference
Edit history
Nicolet, H. (1849). Aracnidos. In: Gay, C. (ed.) Historia física y política de Chile. Zoología 3, 319-543, pl. 1-5. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.16172 
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