Mekonglema
Appearance
Mekonglema | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Telemidae |
Genus: | Mekonglema Zhao & Li, 2020[1] |
Type species | |
M. bailang Zhao & Li, 2020
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Species | |
5, see text |
Mekonglema is a genus of Asian long-legged cave spiders first described by H. F. Zhao, S. Q. Li and A. B. Zhang in 2020.[2]
Species
[edit]As of April 2022[update] it contains five species:[1]
- M. bailang Zhao & Li, 2020 (type) – China
- M. kaorao Zhao & Li, 2020 – Laos
- M. walayaku Zhao & Li, 2020 – China
- M. xinpingi (Lin & Li, 2008) – China
- M. yan Zhao & Li, 2020 – China
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Mekonglema Zhao & Li, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ^ Zhao, H. F.; Li, S. Q.; Zhang, A. B. (2020). "Taxonomic revision of Telemidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from East and Southeast Asia". ZooKeys (933): 15–93. doi:10.3897/zookeys.933.38653. PMC 7248132. PMID 32508489.
Further reading
[edit]- Lin, Y. C.; Li, S. Q. (2008). "A new species of the family Telemidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Xishuangbanna rainforest, China". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 33: 650–653.