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

Mecolaesthus chuwitayo Huber, 2023

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057476

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Described:

Distribution: Ecuador

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Invertebrates, Pontifícia Universidad Católica, Quito (QCAZ), Ecuador m - (Huber et al., 2023a)
Paratype: Museum of Invertebrates, Pontifícia Universidad Católica, Quito (QCAZ), Ecuador 7m 14f 9j - (Huber et al., 2023a)
Paratype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany 2m 3f (A0003937) - (Huber et al., 2023a)
Paratype: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany 2m 2f (Ar 23969) - (Huber et al., 2023a)

Taxonomic References

Mecolaesthus chuwitayo Huber in Huber et al., 2023a: 143, f. 18a-c, 19a-i, 20a-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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