''Mecolaesthus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
cellar spiders that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.
Species
it contains forty species, found in South America,
Dominica, on
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea w ...
,
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...
, and
Guadeloupe:
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Mecolaesthus alegria''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus anzu''
Huber, 2023 – Ecuador
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Mecolaesthus arepa''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus arima''
Huber, 2000 – Trinidad
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Mecolaesthus azulita''
Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus bienmesabe''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus cachapa''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus chicha''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus chuwitayo''
Huber, 2023 – Ecuador
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Mecolaesthus cordiformis''
(González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus cornutus''
Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus discrepantis''
(González-Sponga, 2003) – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus fallax''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus grandis''
(González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus graphorn''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus guasacaca''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus hoti''
Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus lechosa''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus lemniscatus''
(Simon, 1894) – St. Vincent
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Mecolaesthus limon''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus longipes''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus longissimus''
Simon, 1893 (
type) – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus misahualli''
Huber, 2023 – Ecuador
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Mecolaesthus mucuy''
Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus multidenticulatus''
(González-Sponga, 2003) – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus nigrifrons''
(Simon, 1894) – St. Vincent
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Mecolaesthus niquitanus''
(González-Sponga, 2011) – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus parchita''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus peckorum''
Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus piedras''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus puntiagudus''
(González-Sponga, 2003) – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus pusillus''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus putumayo''
Huber, 2000 – Colombia
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Mecolaesthus quasimodo''
Huber, 2023 – Ecuador
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Mecolaesthus tabay''
Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus taino''
Huber, 2000 – Guadeloupe, Dominica
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Mecolaesthus trampa''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus tuberculosus''
(González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus yawaperi''
Huber, 2000 – Brazil
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Mecolaesthus yerbatero''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
See also
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List of Pholcidae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Pholcidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 1820 species in 94 genera:
A ''Aetana''
'' Aetana'' Huber, 2005
* '' Aetana abadae'' Huber, 2015 — Philippines
* '' Aetana ba ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Pholcidae
Spiders of South America
Spiders of the Caribbean
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