Mecolaesthus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[4]
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Mecolaesthus |
Scientific 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]
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As of March 2023[update] it contains forty species, found in South America, Dominica, on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guadeloupe:[1]
- Mecolaesthus alegria Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus anzu Huber, 2023 – Ecuador
- Mecolaesthus arepa Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus arima Huber, 2000 – Trinidad
- Mecolaesthus azulita Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus bienmesabe Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus cachapa Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus chicha Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus chuwitayo Huber, 2023 – Ecuador
- Mecolaesthus cordiformis (González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus cornutus Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus discrepantis (González-Sponga, 2003) – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus fallax Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus grandis (González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus graphorn Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus guasacaca Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus hoti Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus lechosa Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus lemniscatus (Simon, 1894) – St. Vincent
- Mecolaesthus limon Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus longipes Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus longissimus Simon, 1893 (type) – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus misahualli Huber, 2023 – Ecuador
- Mecolaesthus mucuy Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus multidenticulatus (González-Sponga, 2003) – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus nigrifrons (Simon, 1894) – St. Vincent
- Mecolaesthus niquitanus (González-Sponga, 2011) – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus parchita Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus peckorum Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus piedras Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus puntiagudus (González-Sponga, 2003) – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus pusillus Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus putumayo Huber, 2000 – Colombia
- Mecolaesthus quasimodo Huber, 2023 – Ecuador
- Mecolaesthus tabay Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus taino Huber, 2000 – Guadeloupe, Dominica
- Mecolaesthus trampa Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus tuberculosus (González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela
- Mecolaesthus yawaperi Huber, 2000 – Brazil
- Mecolaesthus yerbatero Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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.