Taxon details

Family: Pholcidae / Genus: Mecolaesthus

Mecolaesthus chuwitayo Huber, 2023

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2023-03-16
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057476]
  • Distribution: Ecuador
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Museum of Invertebrates, Pontifícia Universidad Católica, Quito (QCAZ), Ecuador; m (Huber et al., 2023a)
  • Paratype: Museum of Invertebrates, Pontifícia Universidad Católica, Quito (QCAZ), Ecuador; 7m 14f 9j (Huber et al., 2023a)
  • Paratype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany; 2m 3f (A0003937) (Huber et al., 2023a)
  • Paratype: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany; 2m 2f (Ar 23969) (Huber et al., 2023a)
Taxonomic references
Mecolaesthus chuwitayo Huber, in Huber et al., 2023a: 143, f. 18a-c, 19a-i, 20a-e (Dmf).
References

Huber, B. A., Meng, G. L., Dupérré, N., Herrera, M., Inclán, D. J. & Wipfler, B. (2023a). Humpback spiders from Ecuador: relationships, prosoma 'inflation', and genital asymmetry (Araneae: Pholcidae: Mecolaesthus). Invertebrate Systematics 37(2): 117-151. doi:10.1071/IS22052 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2023-03-16 New taxonomic reference entry Huber et al., 2023a n/a
2023-03-16 New species inserted Huber et al., 2023a n/a