Mecolaesthus

Mecolaesthus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.

Species

it contains forty species, found in South America, Dominica, on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guadeloupe:

• Mecolaesthus alegria <small>Huber, 2020</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus anzu <small>Huber, 2023</small> – Ecuador
• Mecolaesthus arepa <small>Huber, 2020</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus arima <small>Huber, 2000</small> – Trinidad
• Mecolaesthus azulita <small>Huber, 2000</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus bienmesabe <small>Huber, 2020</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus cachapa <small>Huber, 2020</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus chicha <small>Huber, 2020</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus chuwitayo <small>Huber, 2023</small> – Ecuador
• Mecolaesthus cordiformis <small>(González-Sponga, 2009)</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus cornutus <small>Huber, 2000</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus discrepantis <small>(González-Sponga, 2003)</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus fallax <small>Huber, 2020</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus grandis <small>(González-Sponga, 2009)</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus graphorn <small>Huber, 2020</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus guasacaca <small>Huber, 2020</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus hoti <small>Huber, 2000</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus lechosa <small>Huber, 2020</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus lemniscatus <small>(Simon, 1894)</small> – St. Vincent
• Mecolaesthus limon <small>Huber, 2020</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus longipes <small>Huber, 2020</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus longissimus <small>Simon, 1893</small> (type) – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus misahualli <small>Huber, 2023</small> – Ecuador
• Mecolaesthus mucuy <small>Huber, 2000</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus multidenticulatus <small>(González-Sponga, 2003)</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus nigrifrons <small>(Simon, 1894)</small> – St. Vincent
• Mecolaesthus niquitanus <small>(González-Sponga, 2011)</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus parchita <small>Huber, 2020</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus peckorum <small>Huber, 2000</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus piedras <small>Huber, 2020</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus puntiagudus <small>(González-Sponga, 2003)</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus pusillus <small>Huber, 2020</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus putumayo <small>Huber, 2000</small> – Colombia
• Mecolaesthus quasimodo <small>Huber, 2023</small> – Ecuador
• Mecolaesthus tabay <small>Huber, 2000</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus taino <small>Huber, 2000</small> – Guadeloupe, Dominica
• Mecolaesthus trampa <small>Huber, 2020</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus tuberculosus <small>(González-Sponga, 2009)</small> – Venezuela
• Mecolaesthus yawaperi <small>Huber, 2000</small> – Brazil
• Mecolaesthus yerbatero <small>Huber, 2020</small> – Venezuela

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