Taxon details


Mecolaesthus niquitanus (González-Sponga, 2011)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2020-10-07
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045013]
  • Distribution: Venezuela
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Type deposit provide information
  • Syntype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela; 3m 5f (105788 = MAGS 1289) (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
Taxonomic references
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).
References

González-Sponga, M. A. (2011b). Biodiversidad de Venezuela. Aracnidos. Descripcion de cinco nuevos géneros y cinco nuevas especies de la familia Pholcidae Koch, 1850. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 28: 39-51. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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): 413-422. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.5 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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 download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2020-10-07 New taxonomic reference entry Huber & Villarreal, 2020 n/a
2014-09-15 New taxonomic reference entry Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014 n/a
2014-09-15 Transferred to other genus after syn. gen Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014 Species transferred from Moraia to Mecolaesthus after genus synonymy