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

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]

  • 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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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.


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