Mecolaesthus

Mecolaesthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pholcidae
Genus:	Mecolaesthus; Simon, 1893
Type species
	M. longissimus; Simon, 1893
Species
	40, see text
Synonyms
	Ayomania González-Sponga, 2005; Carbonaria González-Sponga, 2009; Falconia González-Sponga, 2003; Maimire González-Sponga, 2009; Moraia González-Sponga, 2011; Nasuta González-Sponga, 2009; Queliceria González-Sponga, 2003; Sanluisi González-Sponga, 2003; Venezuela Koçak & Kemal, 2008;

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

Species

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:

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

References

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.
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.
↑ Huber, B. A.; Villarreal, O. (2020). "On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (718): 1–317. Bibcode:2020EJTax.718....1H. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.718.1101.
↑ 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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[NMBE-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.

[Hube2014-2] 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.

[Hube2020-3] Huber, B. A.; Villarreal, O. (2020). "On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (718): 1–317. Bibcode:2020EJTax.718....1H. 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.