Meraha is a genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders. The genus was erected in 2018 for two species transferred from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study of Pholcidae. The name is derived from the Malay "merah", meaning "red", referring to the reddish-orange hue of pedipalps. They are average sized cellar spiders with a cylindrical abdomen, and they build domed webs above the ground.
Species
it contains seven species:
- M. chiangdao <small>(Huber, 2011)</small> â Thailand
- M. khene <small>(Huber, 2011)</small> â Laos, Vietnam
- M. kinabalu <small>(Huber, 2011)</small> â Malaysia (Borneo)
- M. kipungit <small>(Huber, 2016)</small> â Malaysia (Borneo)
- M. krabi <small>(Huber, 2016)</small> (type) â Thailand
- M. narathiwat <small>(Huber, 2016)</small> â Thailand
- M. shuye <small>(Yao & Li, 2017)</small> â Indonesia (Borneo)
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