Gayenna

Gayenna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Anyphaenidae
Genus:	Gayenna Nicolet, 1849
Type species
G. americana Nicolet, 1849
Species
10, see text
Synonyms
Mezenina

Gayenna is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by H. Nicolet in 1849.

Species

As of April 2019^[update] it contains ten species:

• Gayenna americana Nicolet, 1849 – Chile, Argentina
• Gayenna brasiliensis Roewer, 1951 – Brazil
• Gayenna chrysophila Mello-Leitão, 1926 – Brazil
• Gayenna furcata (Keyserling, 1879) – Peru
• Gayenna ignava Banks, 1898 – Mexico
• Gayenna moreirae (Mello-Leitão, 1915) – Brazil
• Gayenna orizaba Banks, 1898 – Mexico
• Gayenna sigillum Mello-Leitão, 1941 – Argentina
• Gayenna trivittata (Bertkau, 1880) – Brazil
• Gayenna vittata (Keyserling, 1881) – Peru

References