World Spider Catalog

Family: Glabropelmatidae

Melloa Schenkel, 1953

GENUS | SYNONYM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04713

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Last updated: 2026-05-14

Junior synonym of: Melloina Brignoli, 1985

Species counts

Taxonomic Reference

Original description Schenkel, 1953a: 3 type Melloa gracilis Schenkel, 1953; gender feminine

Reference

Schenkel, E. (1953a). Bericht über einige Spinnentiere aus Venezuela. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 64: 1-57. -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-05-14	Transferred to other family after syn. fam	Perafán, Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles, 2026		Transferred from Melloinidae Perafán, Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles, 2025 to Glabropelmatidae Raven, 1985 (family synonymy)
2025-09-29	Genus transferred to other family	Perafán, Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles, 2025		Melloa Schenkel, 1953 transferred to Melloinidae

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