Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: For comments on the monophyly and relationships of many genera see Huber, 1998d and Huber, 2000. The division of Pholcidae into five subfamilies, Ninetinae Simon, 1890, Arteminae Simon, 1893, Modisiminae Simon, 1893, Smeringopinae Simon, 1893 and Pholcinae, is confirmed by Huber, Eberle & Dimitrov, 2018.

In synonymy:

Ayomania González-Sponga, 2005 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417)

Carbonaria González-Sponga, 2009 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417)

Falconia González-Sponga, 2003 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417, automatically with its replacement names Venezuela and Ayomania)

Maimire González-Sponga, 2009 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417)

Moraia González-Sponga, 2011 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417)

Nasuta González-Sponga, 2009 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417)

Queliceria González-Sponga, 2003 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 71)

Sanluisi González-Sponga, 2003 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417)

Venezuela Koçak & Kemal, 2008 = Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 (Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417)

Homonym replaced:

Falconia González-Sponga, 2003 -- see Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893

Gen. Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00396
N.B.: spelled as Mecolaesthus by Simon, 1893e: 320 (October 1893) and as Mecoloesthus by Simon, 1893a (November 1893); considered a senior synonym of Venezuela Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 4 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:03848], Ayomania González-Sponga, 2005: 108 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05076], Falconia González-Sponga, 2003: 94 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:03556], Carbonaria González-Sponga, 2009a: 2 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03908] (type C. cordiformis González-Sponga, 2009), Maimire González-Sponga, 2009a: 4 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03909] (type M. tuberculosa González-Sponga, 2009), Moraia González-Sponga, 2011b: 43 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04065] (type M. niquitanus González-Sponga, 2011), Nasuta González-Sponga, 2009a: 6 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03910] (type N. grandis González-Sponga, 2009), Sanluisi González-Sponga, 2003: 100 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03559] (type S. puntiaguda González-Sponga, 2003) by Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417; Venezuela and Ayomania are replacement names for Falconia (type F. multidenticulata González-Sponga, 2003, preoccupied in Hemiptera by Distant, 1884); considered a senior synonym of Queliceria González-Sponga, 2003: 96 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03558] (type Q. discrepantis González-Sponga, 2003) by Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 71.
Mecolaesthus alegria Huber, 2020 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052374
Mecolaesthus alegria Huber in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 137, f. 476-478, 488-493 (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus anzu Huber, 2023 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057473
Mecolaesthus anzu Huber in Huber et al., 2023a: 126, f. 4a-h, 5a-c, 6a-i, 7a-e, 21a (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus arepa Huber, 2020 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052372
Mecolaesthus arepa Huber in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 130, f. 433-434, 453-461, 468-470 (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus arima Huber, 2000 | | Trinidad urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003452
Mecolaesthus arima Huber, 2000: 265, f. 1060-1068 (Dm) Original description
Mecolaesthus azulita Huber, 2000 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003453
Mecolaesthus azulita Huber, 2000: 260, f. 1034-1037 (Dm) Original description
Mecolaesthus bienmesabe Huber, 2020 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052369
Mecolaesthus bienmesabe Huber in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 121, f. 386-387, 410-417, 424-426 (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus cachapa Huber, 2020 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052376
Mecolaesthus cachapa Huber in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 145, f. 508-509, 523-531, 548-550 (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus chicha Huber, 2020 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052365
Mecolaesthus chicha Huber in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 87, f. 277-279, 283-290, 300-302 (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus chuwitayo Huber, 2023 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057476
Mecolaesthus chuwitayo Huber in Huber et al., 2023a: 143, f. 18a-c, 19a-i, 20a-e (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus cordiformis (González-Sponga, 2009) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042581
Carbonaria cordiformis González-Sponga, 2009a: 2, f. 1a-j (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus cordiformis Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417 (T from Carbonaria=Mecolaesthus)
Mecolaesthus cordiformis Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 84, f. 215, 266-270, 274-276 (mf)
Mecolaesthus cornutus Huber, 2000 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003454
Priscula ulai González-Sponga, 1999: 160, f. 74-75 (f; misidentified per Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 73, 237)
Mecolaesthus cornutus Huber, 2000: 262, f. 1044-1047 (Dm) Original description
Mecolaesthus cornutus Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 73, f. 212-214, 220-228, 245-247, 254 (m, Df)
Mecolaesthus discrepantis (González-Sponga, 2003) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038458
Queliceria discrepantis González-Sponga, 2003: 98, f. 4a-j (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus discrepantis Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 97, f. 309-311, 321-330, 334-337 (mf, T from Queliceria)
Mecolaesthus fallax Huber, 2020 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052379
Mecolaesthus fallax Huber in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 157, f. 556-559, 569-575, 579-581 (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus grandis (González-Sponga, 2009) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042583
Nasuta grandis González-Sponga, 2009a: 6, g. 3a-j (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus grandis Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 418 (T from Nasuta=Mecolaesthus)
Mecolaesthus grandis Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 101, f. 338-340, 346-355, 367, 373-375 (mf)
Mecolaesthus graphorn Huber, 2020 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052375
Mecolaesthus graphorn Huber in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 143, f. 506-507, 510-522, 545-547 (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus guasacaca Huber, 2020 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052377
Mecolaesthus guasacaca Huber in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 149, f. 532-544, 551-553 (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus hoti Huber, 2000 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003455
Mecolaesthus hoti Huber, 2000: 267, f. 1069-1076 (Dm) Original description
Mecolaesthus lechosa Huber, 2020 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052371
Mecolaesthus lechosa Huber in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 127, f. 429-432, 444-452, 465-467 (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus lemniscatus (Simon, 1894) | | St. Vincent urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003456
Psilochorus lemniscatus Simon, 1894c: 520 (Dmf) Original description
Psilochorus lemniscatus Huber, 1997c: 601, f. 22A-D, 23A-B, 24A-E (mf)
Psilochorus lemniscatus Huber, 1998c: 595, f. 8B (m)
Mecolaesthus lemniscatus Huber, 2000: 255 (Tmf from Psilochorus)
Mecolaesthus limon Huber, 2020 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052380
Mecolaesthus limon Huber in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 160, f. 582-593 (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus longipes Huber, 2020 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052368
Mecolaesthus longipes Huber in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 117, f. 384-385, 399-409, 421-423 (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus longissimus Simon, 1893 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003457
Mecoloesthus longissimus Simon, 1893a: 482, f. 469 (mf)
Mecolaesthus longissimus Simon, 1893e: 320 (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus longissimus Huber, 1997c: 588, f. 12A-E, 13A-D (mf)
Mecolaesthus longissimus Huber, 1998c: 595, f. 8L (m)
Mecolaesthus longissimus Huber, 2000: 256, f. 79, 136, 180, 1014-1023 (mf)
Mecolaesthus longissimus Huber, 2005a: 574, f. 1-2 (mf)
Mecolaesthus longissimus González-Sponga, 2010b: 18, pl. 4, f. 1-11 (mf)
Mecolaesthus longissimus Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 139, f. 494-505 (mf)
Mecolaesthus misahualli Huber, 2023 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057474
Mecolaesthus misahualli Huber in Huber et al., 2023a: 132, f. 8c-e, 12a-c, 13a-i, 14a-e (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus mucuy Huber, 2000 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003458
Mecolaesthus mucuy Huber, 2000: 258, f. 1024-1033 (Dm) Original description
Mecolaesthus mucuy Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 79, f. 216-217, 238-244, 251-253, 256 (m, Df)
Mecolaesthus multidenticulatus (González-Sponga, 2003) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038416
Falconia multidenticulata González-Sponga, 2003: 96, f. 3a-j (Dmf) Original description
Venezuela multidenticulata Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 4 (T from Falconia)
Mecolaesthus multidenticulatus Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 418 (T from Venezuela=Mecolaesthus)
Mecolaesthus multidenticulatus Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 105, f. 341-343, 356-364, 368, 376-378 (mf)
Mecolaesthus nigrifrons (Simon, 1894) | | St. Vincent urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003459
Psilochorus nigrifrons Simon, 1894c: 519, f. 1 (Dm) Original description
Psilochorus nigrifrons Huber, 1997c: 607, f. 25A-D, 26A-B, 27A-E (m, Df)
Mecolaesthus nigrifrons Huber, 2000: 255 (Tmf from Psilochorus)
Mecolaesthus niquitanus (González-Sponga, 2011) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045013
Moraia niquitanus González-Sponga, 2011b: 43, pl. 5, f. 1-10 (Dmf) Original description
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)
Mecolaesthus parchita Huber, 2020 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052366
Mecolaesthus parchita Huber in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 91, f. 280-282, 291,299, 303-305 (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus peckorum Huber, 2000 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003460
Mecolaesthus peckorum Huber, 2000: 261, f. 1038-1039 (Dm) Original description
Mecolaesthus peckorum Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 77, f. 229-237, 248-250, 255 (m, Df)
Mecolaesthus piedras Huber, 2020 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052367
Mecolaesthus piedras Huber in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 94, f. 306-308, 312-320, 331-333 (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus puntiagudus (González-Sponga, 2003) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038459
Sanluisi puntiaguda González-Sponga, 2003: 101, f. 5a-j (Dfm) Original description
Mecolaesthus puntiagudus Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 418 (T from Sanluisi=Mecolaesthus)
Mecolaesthus pusillus Huber, 2020 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052373
Mecolaesthus pusillus Huber in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 133, f. 471-475, 479-487 (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus putumayo Huber, 2000 | | Colombia, Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003461
Mecolaesthus putumayo Huber, 2000: 264, f. 1055-1059 (Dm) Original description
Mecolaesthus putumayo Huber et al., 2023a: 132, f. 8a-b, 9a-c, 10a-i, 11a-e (m, Df)
Mecolaesthus quasimodo Huber, 2023 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057475
Mecolaesthus quasimodo Huber in Huber et al., 2023a: 137, f. 8f-h, 15a-c, 16a-i, 17a-e (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus tabay Huber, 2000 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003462
Mecolaesthus tabay Huber, 2000: 261, f. 1040-1043 (Dm) Original description
Mecolaesthus tabay Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 84, f. 215, 266-270, 274-276 (m, Df)
Mecolaesthus taino Huber, 2000 | | Guadeloupe, Dominica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003463
Mecolaesthus taino Huber, 2000: 267, f. 1077-1089 (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus trampa Huber, 2020 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052370
Mecolaesthus trampa Huber in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 124, f. 427-428, 435-443, 462-464 (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus tuberculosus (González-Sponga, 2009) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042582
Maimire tuberculosa González-Sponga, 2009a: 4, f. 2a-j (Dmf) Original description
Mecolaesthus tuberculosus Maimire in Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 418 (T from Maimire=Mecolaesthus)
Mecolaesthus tuberculosus Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 108, f. 344-345, 365-366, 369-372, 379-381 (mf)
Mecolaesthus yawaperi Huber, 2000 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003464
Mecolaesthus yawaperi Huber, 2000: 263, f. 1048-1054 (Dm) Original description
Mecolaesthus yerbatero Huber, 2020 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052378
Mecolaesthus yerbatero Huber in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 153, f. 554-555, 560-568, 576-578 (Dmf) Original description

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