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

Mecolaesthus longissimus Simon, 1893

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Described:

Distribution: Venezuela

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Type Repository Provide information

Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (11024) - (Huber, 1997c)
Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 13m 3f (11024) - (Huber, 1997c)

Taxonomic References

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)

References

González-Sponga, M. A. (2010b). Biodiversidad. Arácnidos de Venezuela. Redescripción de seis géneros, cinco especies y descripción de una nueva especie de la familia Pholcidae Koch, 1850 (Araneae). Boletin, Academia de Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales de Venezuela 68(3, for 2008): 9-26. -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A. (1997c). Redescriptions of Eugène Simon's neotropical pholcids (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zoosystema 19: 573-612. -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. (1998c). Genital mechanics in some neotropical pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae), with implications for systematics. Journal of Zoology, London 244: 587-599. -- 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. (2005a). Evidence for directional selection on male abdomen size in Mecolaesthus longissimus Simon (Araneae, Pholcidae). Journal of Arachnology 33: 573-581. -- 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

Simon, E. (1893a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 257-488. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1893e). Études arachnologiques. 25e Mémoire. XL. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'ordre des Araneae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62: 299-330. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2020-10-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Huber & Villarreal, 2020
2017-07-28	New taxonomic reference entry	González-Sponga, 2010b