Melloina

Melloina is a genus of baldlegged spiders that was first described by Paolo Marcello Brignoli in 1985.^[3] As of June 2019^[update] it contains only three species, found only in Panama and Venezuela: M. gracilis, M. rickwesti, and M. santuario.^[1]

Melloina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Melloina Brignoli, 1985[1]
Type species
M. gracilis (Schenkel, 1953)
Species
M. gracilis (Schenkel, 1953) – Venezuela M. rickwesti Raven, 1999 – Panama M. santuario Bertani, 2013 – Venezuela
Synonyms[1]
Glabropelma Raven, 1985[2]

See also

• List of Paratropididae species