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

Mecolaesthus grandis González-Sponga, 2009

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Described:

Distribution: Venezuela

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Holotype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela m (105663 = MAGS 1215) - (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
Paratype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela 4f 7j (105663 = MAGS 1215) - (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)

Taxonomic References

Nasuta grandis González-Sponga, 2009a: 6, g. 3a-j (Dmf) Original description

Mecolaesthus grandis Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 418 (T from Nasuta=Mecolaesthus)

Mecolaesthus grandis Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 101, f. 338-340, 346-355, 367, 373-375 (mf)

References

González-Sponga, M. A. (2009a). Arácnidos de Venezuela. Cuatro nuevos géneros y cinco especies nuevas de la familia Pholcidae (Araneae). Anartia 21: 1-16. -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A., Colmenares, P. A. & Ramírez, M. J. (2014). Fourteen new generic and ten new specific synonymies in Pholcidae (Araneae), and transfer of Mystes Bristowe to Filistatidae. Zootaxa 3847(3): 413-422. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.5 -- 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

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2020-10-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Huber & Villarreal, 2020
2014-09-15	New taxonomic reference entry	Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014
2014-09-15	Transferred to other genus after syn. gen	Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014	Species transferred from Nasuta to Mecolaesthus after genus synonymy