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Mecolaesthus

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Mecolaesthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Mecolaesthus
Simon, 1893[1]
Type species
M. longissimus
Simon, 1893
Species

40, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Ayomania González-Sponga, 2005[2]
  • Carbonaria González-Sponga, 2009[2]
  • Falconia González-Sponga, 2003[2]
  • Maimire González-Sponga, 2009[2]
  • Moraia González-Sponga, 2011[2]
  • Nasuta González-Sponga, 2009[2]
  • Queliceria González-Sponga, 2003[3]
  • Sanluisi González-Sponga, 2003[2]
  • Venezuela Koçak & Kemal, 2008[2]

Mecolaesthus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[4]

Species

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As of March 2023 it contains forty species, found in South America, Dominica, on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guadeloupe:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2023). "Gen. Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 24. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Huber, B. A.; Colmenares, P. A.; Ramírez, M. J. (2014). "Fourteen new generic and ten new specific synonymies in Pholcidae (Araneae), and transfer of Mystes Bristowe to Filistatidae". Zootaxa. 3847 (3): 417. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.5. hdl:11336/19098. PMID 25112347.
  3. ^ Huber, B. A.; Villarreal, O. (2020). "On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 718: 1–317. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.718.1101.
  4. ^ Simon, E. (1893). "Études arachnologiques. 25e Mémoire. XL. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'ordre des Araneae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 62: 299–330.