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Genus: Mecopisthes Simon, 1926 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Mecopisthes rhomboidalis Gao, Zhu & Gao, 1993

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037587

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Described:

Distribution: China

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Jilin University (JLU) [= Norman Bethune University of Medical Sciences], Changchun, China f - (Gao, Zhu & Gao, 1993)
Paratype: Jilin University (JLU) [= Norman Bethune University of Medical Sciences], Changchun, China 12f - (Gao, Zhu & Gao, 1993)

Taxonomic References

Mecopisthes rhomboidalis Gao, Zhu & Gao, 1993: 40, f. 1-2 (Df) Original description

Mecopisthes rhomboidalis Irfan et al., 2025a: 101, f. 132A-C (f)

References

Gao, J. C., Zhu, C. D. & Gao, Y. Q. (1993). Two new generic records and two new species of Erigoninae from China (Araneae: Linyphiidae: Erigoninae). Journal of Norman Bethune University of Medical Sciences 19: 40-42. -- Show included taxa

Irfan, M., Zhou, G. C., Peng, X. J. & Zhang, Z. S. (2025a). Survey of Linyphiidae spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from some oriental regions of China. Megataxa 15(1): 1-248. doi: 10.11646/megataxa.15.1.1 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-01-18	New taxonomic reference entry	Irfan et al., 2025a