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Genus: Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893 | Family: Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850

Mecolaesthus cornutus Huber, 2000

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003454

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Described:

Distribution: Venezuela

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Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela 1f (105576 = MAGS 1110) of Priscula ulai (misidentified) - (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)

Taxonomic References

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)

References

González-Sponga, M. A. (1999). Aracnidos de Venezuela. Ocho especies nuevas del genero Priscula y descripcion de Priscula venezuelana Simon, 1893 (Arachnida: Araneae: Pholcidae). Boletin de la Academia de Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales, Caracas 54: 123-168. -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A. (2000). New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1-348. doi: 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2 -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A. & Villarreal, O. (2020). On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 718: 1-317. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2020.718.1101 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-05-08	Species updated		Old value	Error corrected
2020-10-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Huber & Villarreal, 2020
2020-10-07	New taxonomic reference entry	González-Sponga, 1999