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

Mecolaesthus putumayo Huber, 2000

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

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Described:

Distribution: Colombia, Ecuador

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Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m - (Huber et al., 2023a)

Taxonomic References

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)

References

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., Meng, G. L., Dupérré, N., Herrera, M., Inclán, D. J. & Wipfler, B. (2023a). Humpback spiders from Ecuador: relationships, prosoma 'inflation', and genital asymmetry (Araneae: Pholcidae: Mecolaesthus). Invertebrate Systematics 37(2): 117-151. doi: 10.1071/IS22052 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2023-03-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Huber et al., 2023a
2023-03-16	Species distribution update	Huber et al., 2023a	Old value
2023-03-16	First description of female	Huber et al., 2023a	Old value