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Meraha is a genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders. The genus was erected in 2018 for two species transferred from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study of Pholcidae.[1] The name is derived from the Malay "merah", meaning "red", referring to the reddish-orange hue of pedipalps.[2] They are average sized cellar spiders with a cylindrical abdomen, and they build domed webs .5 to 2 metres (1 ft 8 in to 6 ft 7 in) above the ground.[3][2]

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Species

As of April 2022 it contains seven species:[1]

  • M. chiangdao (Huber, 2011) – Thailand
  • M. khene (Huber, 2011) – Laos, Vietnam
  • M. kinabalu (Huber, 2011) – Malaysia (Borneo)
  • M. kipungit (Huber, 2016) – Malaysia (Borneo)
  • M. krabi (Huber, 2016) (type) – Thailand
  • M. narathiwat (Huber, 2016) – Thailand
  • M. shuye (Yao & Li, 2017) – Indonesia (Borneo)

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