Mecaphesa
# Mecaphesa

Mecaphesa is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.

## Species

As of November 2022 it contains forty-nine species and one subspecies, found in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and on Hawaii:

* Mecaphesa aikoae (Schick, 1965) – USA
* Mecaphesa anguliventris (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
* Mecaphesa arida (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
* Mecaphesa asperata (Hentz, 1847) – North, Central America, Caribbean
* Mecaphesa baltea (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
* Mecaphesa bubulcus (Suman, 1971) – Puerto Rico
* Mecaphesa californica (Banks, 1896) – USA, Mexico, Hispaniola
* Mecaphesa carletonica (Dondale & Redner, 1976) – USA, Canada
* Mecaphesa cavata (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
* Mecaphesa celer (Hentz, 1847) – North, Central America
* Mecaphesa cincta Simon, 1900 (type) – Hawaii
* Mecaphesa coloradensis (Gertsch, 1933) – USA, Mexico
* Mecaphesa damnosa (Keyserling, 1880) – Mexico, Guatemala, Panama
* Mecaphesa decora (Banks, 1898) – Mexico, Guatemala
* Mecaphesa deserti (Schick, 1965) – USA, Mexico
* Mecaphesa devia (Gertsch, 1939) – USA
* Mecaphesa discreta (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
* Mecaphesa dubia (Keyserling, 1880) – USA, Mexico
* Mecaphesa edita (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
* Mecaphesa facunda (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
* Mecaphesa gabrielensis (Schick, 1965) – USA
* Mecaphesa gertschi (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador
* 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) – Ecuador (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 (Berland, 1924) – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
* Mecaphesa spiralis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) – Guatemala
* Mecaphesa velata (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
* Mecaphesa verityi (Schick, 1965) – USA
