Family: Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0017] Detail
In synonymy:
Ayomania González-Sponga, 2005 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417)
Carbonaria González-Sponga, 2009 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417)
Falconia González-Sponga, 2003 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417, automatically with its replacement names Venezuela and Ayomania)
Maimire González-Sponga, 2009 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417)
Moraia González-Sponga, 2011 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417)
Nasuta González-Sponga, 2009 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417)
Queliceria González-Sponga, 2003 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 71)
Sanluisi González-Sponga, 2003 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417)
Venezuela Koçak & Kemal, 2008 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417)
Gen. Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00396] Detail
type Mecolaesthus longissimus Simon, 1893; gender masculine
N.B.: spelled as Mecolaesthus by Simon, 1893e: 320 (October 1893) and as Mecoloesthus by Simon, 1893a (November 1893); considered a senior synonym of Venezuela Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 4 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:03848], Ayomania González-Sponga, 2005: 108 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05076], Falconia González-Sponga, 2003: 94 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:03556], Carbonaria González-Sponga, 2009a: 2 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03908] (type C. cordiformis González-Sponga, 2009), Maimire González-Sponga, 2009a: 4 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03909] (type M. tuberculosa González-Sponga, 2009), Moraia González-Sponga, 2011b: 43 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04065] (type M. niquitanus González-Sponga, 2011), Nasuta González-Sponga, 2009a: 6 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03910] (type N. grandis González-Sponga, 2009), Sanluisi González-Sponga, 2003: 100 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03559] (type S. puntiaguda González-Sponga, 2003) by Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417; Venezuela and Ayomania are replacement names for Falconia (type F. multidenticulata González-Sponga, 2003, preoccupied in Hemiptera by Distant, 1884); considered a senior synonym of Queliceria González-Sponga, 2003: 96 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03558] (type Q. discrepantis González-Sponga, 2003) by Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 71.
Mecolaesthus alegria Huber, 2020 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052374]
Mecolaesthus alegria Huber, in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 137, f. 476-478, 488-493 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus anzu Huber, 2023 | m f | Ecuador     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057473]
Mecolaesthus anzu Huber, in Huber et al., 2023a: 126, f. 4a-h, 5a-c, 6a-i, 7a-e, 21a (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus arepa Huber, 2020 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052372]
Mecolaesthus arepa Huber, in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 130, f. 433-434, 453-461, 468-470 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus arima Huber, 2000 | m | Trinidad     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003452]
Mecolaesthus arima Huber, 2000: 265, f. 1060-1068 (Dm).
Mecolaesthus azulita Huber, 2000 | m | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003453]
Mecolaesthus azulita Huber, 2000: 260, f. 1034-1037 (Dm).
Mecolaesthus bienmesabe Huber, 2020 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052369]
Mecolaesthus bienmesabe Huber, in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 121, f. 386-387, 410-417, 424-426 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus cachapa Huber, 2020 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052376]
Mecolaesthus cachapa Huber, in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 145, f. 508-509, 523-531, 548-550 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus chicha Huber, 2020 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052365]
Mecolaesthus chicha Huber, in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 87, f. 277-279, 283-290, 300-302 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus chuwitayo Huber, 2023 | m f | Ecuador     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057476]
Mecolaesthus chuwitayo Huber, in Huber et al., 2023a: 143, f. 18a-c, 19a-i, 20a-e (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus cordiformis (González-Sponga, 2009) | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042581]
Carbonaria cordiformis González-Sponga, 2009a: 2, f. 1a-j (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus cordiformis Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417 (T from Carbonaria=Mecolaesthus).
Mecolaesthus cordiformis Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 84, f. 215, 266-270, 274-276 (mf).
Mecolaesthus cornutus Huber, 2000 | m | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003454]
Priscula ulai González-Sponga, 1999: 160, f. 74-75 (f only; misidentified per Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 73, 237).
Mecolaesthus cornutus Huber, 2000: 262, f. 1044-1047 (Dm).
Mecolaesthus cornutus Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 73, f. 212-214, 220-228, 245-247, 254 (m, Df).
Mecolaesthus discrepantis (González-Sponga, 2003) | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038458]
Queliceria discrepantis González-Sponga, 2003: 98, f. 4a-j (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus discrepantis Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 97, f. 309-311, 321-330, 334-337 (mf, T from Queliceria).
Mecolaesthus fallax Huber, 2020 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052379]
Mecolaesthus fallax Huber, in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 157, f. 556-559, 569-575, 579-581 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus grandis (González-Sponga, 2009) | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042583]
Nasuta grandis González-Sponga, 2009a: 6, g. 3a-j (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus grandis Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 418 (T from Nasuta=Mecolaesthus).
Mecolaesthus grandis Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 101, f. 338-340, 346-355, 367, 373-375 (mf).
Mecolaesthus graphorn Huber, 2020 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052375]
Mecolaesthus graphorn Huber, in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 143, f. 506-507, 510-522, 545-547 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus guasacaca Huber, 2020 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052377]
Mecolaesthus guasacaca Huber, in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 149, f. 532-544, 551-553 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus hoti Huber, 2000 | m | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003455]
Mecolaesthus hoti Huber, 2000: 267, f. 1069-1076 (Dm).
Mecolaesthus lechosa Huber, 2020 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052371]
Mecolaesthus lechosa Huber, in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 127, f. 429-432, 444-452, 465-467 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus lemniscatus (Simon, 1894) | m f | St. Vincent     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003456]
Psilochorus lemniscatus Simon, 1894c: 520 (Dmf).
Psilochorus lemniscatus Huber, 1997c: 601, f. 22A-D, 23A-B, 24A-E (mf).
Psilochorus lemniscatus Huber, 1998c: 595, f. 8B (m).
Mecolaesthus lemniscatus Huber, 2000: 255 (Tmf from Psilochorus).
Mecolaesthus limon Huber, 2020 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052380]
Mecolaesthus limon Huber, in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 160, f. 582-593 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus longipes Huber, 2020 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052368]
Mecolaesthus longipes Huber, in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 117, f. 384-385, 399-409, 421-423 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus longissimus Simon, 1893 * | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003457]
Mecoloesthus longissimus Simon, 1893a: 482, f. 469 (mf).
Mecolaesthus longissimus Simon, 1893e: 320 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus longissimus Huber, 1997c: 588, f. 12A-E, 13A-D (mf).
Mecolaesthus longissimus Huber, 1998c: 595, f. 8L (m).
Mecolaesthus longissimus Huber, 2000: 256, f. 79, 136, 180, 1014-1023 (mf).
Mecolaesthus longissimus Huber, 2005a: 574, f. 1-2 (mf).
Mecolaesthus longissimus González-Sponga, 2010b: 18, pl. 4, f. 1-11 (mf).
Mecolaesthus longissimus Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 139, f. 494-505 (mf).
Mecolaesthus misahualli Huber, 2023 | m f | Ecuador     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057474]
Mecolaesthus misahualli Huber, in Huber et al., 2023a: 132, f. 8c-e, 12a-c, 13a-i, 14a-e (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus mucuy Huber, 2000 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003458]
Mecolaesthus mucuy Huber, 2000: 258, f. 1024-1033 (Dm).
Mecolaesthus mucuy Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 79, f. 216-217, 238-244, 251-253, 256 (m, Df).
Mecolaesthus multidenticulatus (González-Sponga, 2003) | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038416]
Falconia multidenticulata González-Sponga, 2003: 96, f. 3a-j (Dmf).
Venezuela multidenticulata Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 4 (T from Falconia).
Mecolaesthus multidenticulatus Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 418 (T from Venezuela=Mecolaesthus).
Mecolaesthus multidenticulatus Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 105, f. 341-343, 356-364, 368, 376-378 (mf).
Mecolaesthus nigrifrons (Simon, 1894) | m f | St. Vincent     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003459]
Psilochorus nigrifrons Simon, 1894c: 519, f. 1 (Dm).
Psilochorus nigrifrons Huber, 1997c: 607, f. 25A-D, 26A-B, 27A-E (m, Df).
Mecolaesthus nigrifrons Huber, 2000: 255 (Tmf from Psilochorus).
Mecolaesthus niquitanus (González-Sponga, 2011) | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045013]
Moraia niquitanus González-Sponga, 2011b: 43, pl. 5, f. 1-10 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus niquitanus Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 418 (T from Moraia=Mecolaesthus).
Mecolaesthus niquitanus Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 113, f. 382-383, 388-398, 418-420 (mf).
Mecolaesthus parchita Huber, 2020 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052366]
Mecolaesthus parchita Huber, in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 91, f. 280-282, 291,299, 303-305 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus peckorum Huber, 2000 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003460]
Mecolaesthus peckorum Huber, 2000: 261, f. 1038-1039 (Dm).
Mecolaesthus peckorum Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 77, f. 229-237, 248-250, 255 (m, Df).
Mecolaesthus piedras Huber, 2020 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052367]
Mecolaesthus piedras Huber, in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 94, f. 306-308, 312-320, 331-333 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus puntiagudus (González-Sponga, 2003) | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038459]
Sanluisi puntiaguda González-Sponga, 2003: 101, f. 5a-j (Dfm).
Mecolaesthus puntiagudus Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 418 (T from Sanluisi=Mecolaesthus).
Mecolaesthus pusillus Huber, 2020 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052373]
Mecolaesthus pusillus Huber, in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 133, f. 471-475, 479-487 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus putumayo Huber, 2000 | m f | Colombia, Ecuador     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003461]
Mecolaesthus putumayo Huber, 2000: 264, f. 1055-1059 (Dm).
Mecolaesthus putumayo Huber et al., 2023a: 132, f. 8a-b, 9a-c, 10a-i, 11a-e (m, Df).
Mecolaesthus quasimodo Huber, 2023 | m f | Ecuador     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057475]
Mecolaesthus quasimodo Huber, in Huber et al., 2023a: 137, f. 8f-h, 15a-c, 16a-i, 17a-e (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus tabay Huber, 2000 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003462]
Mecolaesthus tabay Huber, 2000: 261, f. 1040-1043 (Dm).
Mecolaesthus tabay Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 84, f. 215, 266-270, 274-276 (m, Df).
Mecolaesthus taino Huber, 2000 | m f | Guadeloupe, Dominica     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003463]
Mecolaesthus taino Huber, 2000: 267, f. 1077-1089 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus trampa Huber, 2020 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052370]
Mecolaesthus trampa Huber, in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 124, f. 427-428, 435-443, 462-464 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus tuberculosus (González-Sponga, 2009) | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042582]
Maimire tuberculosa González-Sponga, 2009a: 4, f. 2a-j (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus tuberculosus Maimire, in Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 418 (T from Maimire=Mecolaesthus).
Mecolaesthus tuberculosus Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 108, f. 344-345, 365-366, 369-372, 379-381 (mf).
Mecolaesthus yawaperi Huber, 2000 | m | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003464]
Mecolaesthus yawaperi Huber, 2000: 263, f. 1048-1054 (Dm).
Mecolaesthus yerbatero Huber, 2020 | m f | Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052378]
Mecolaesthus yerbatero Huber, in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 153, f. 554-555, 560-568, 576-578 (Dmf).
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