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

Mecolaesthus quasimodo Huber, 2023

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057475

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Described:

Distribution: Ecuador

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO-MECN), Quito, Ecuador m (ARAC-015-T) - (Huber et al., 2023a)
Paratype: Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INABIO-MECN), Quito, Ecuador 1m 1f (ARAC 016-017 T) - (Huber et al., 2023a)
Paratype: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany 5m 1f (Ar 23980-23981) - (Huber et al., 2023a)

Taxonomic References

Mecolaesthus quasimodo Huber in Huber et al., 2023a: 137, f. 8f-h, 15a-c, 16a-i, 17a-e (Dmf) Original description

References

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

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2023-03-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Huber et al., 2023a
2023-03-16	New species inserted	Huber et al., 2023a

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