Mecolaesthus

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Mecolaesthus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Mecolaesthus
Simon, 1893[1]
Type species

Simon, 1893
Species

19, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Carbonaria González-Sponga, 2009[2]
  • Maimire González-Sponga, 2009[2]
  • Moraia González-Sponga, 2011[2]
  • Nasuta González-Sponga, 2009[2]
  • 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.[3]

Species[]

As of June 2019 it contains nineteen species, found in South America, Dominica, on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guadeloupe:[1]

  • Huber, 2000 – Trinidad
  • Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
  • (González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela
  • Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
  • (González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela
  • Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
  • (Simon, 1894) – St. Vincent
  • Simon, 1893 (type) – Venezuela
  • Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
  • (González-Sponga, 2003) – Venezuela
  • (Simon, 1894) – St. Vincent
  • (González-Sponga, 2011) – Venezuela
  • Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
  • (González-Sponga, 2003) – Venezuela
  • Huber, 2000 – Colombia
  • Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
  • Huber, 2000 – Guadeloupe, Dominica
  • (González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela
  • Huber, 2000 – Brazil

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f 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. PMID 25112347.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


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