Mecolaesthus

Mecolaesthus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.^[4]

Mecolaesthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pholcidae
Genus:	Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893[1]
Type species
M. longissimus Simon, 1893
Species
40, see text
Synonyms[1]
Ayomania González-Sponga, 2005[2] Carbonaria González-Sponga, 2009[2] Falconia González-Sponga, 2003[2] Maimire González-Sponga, 2009[2] Moraia González-Sponga, 2011[2] Nasuta González-Sponga, 2009[2] Queliceria González-Sponga, 2003[3] Sanluisi González-Sponga, 2003[2] Venezuela Koçak & Kemal, 2008[2]

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:^[1]

• 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

See also

• List of Pholcidae species