''Mecolaesthus'' is a
genus
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of
cellar spiders that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon
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, on
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, sometimes known simply as Saint Vincent or SVG, is an island country in the eastern Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies, at the south ...
,
Trinidad and Tobago
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, and
Guadeloupe
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:
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Mecolaesthus alegria''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus anzu''
Huber, 2023 – Ecuador
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Mecolaesthus arepa''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus arima''
Huber, 2000 – Trinidad
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Mecolaesthus azulita''
Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus bienmesabe''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus cachapa''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus chicha''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus chuwitayo''
Huber, 2023 – Ecuador
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Mecolaesthus cordiformis''
(González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus cornutus''
Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus discrepantis''
(González-Sponga, 2003) – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus fallax''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus grandis''
(González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus graphorn''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus guasacaca''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus hoti''
Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus lechosa''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus lemniscatus''
(Simon, 1894) – St. Vincent
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Mecolaesthus limon''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus longipes''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus longissimus''
Simon, 1893 (
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) – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus misahualli''
Huber, 2023 – Ecuador
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Mecolaesthus mucuy''
Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus multidenticulatus''
(González-Sponga, 2003) – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus nigrifrons''
(Simon, 1894) – St. Vincent
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Mecolaesthus niquitanus''
(González-Sponga, 2011) – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus parchita''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus peckorum''
Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus piedras''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus puntiagudus''
(González-Sponga, 2003) – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus pusillus''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus putumayo''
Huber, 2000 – Colombia
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Mecolaesthus quasimodo''
Huber, 2023 – Ecuador
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Mecolaesthus tabay''
Huber, 2000 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus taino''
Huber, 2000 – Guadeloupe, Dominica
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Mecolaesthus trampa''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus tuberculosus''
(González-Sponga, 2009) – Venezuela
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Mecolaesthus yawaperi''
Huber, 2000 – Brazil
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Mecolaesthus yerbatero''
Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
See also
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List of Pholcidae species
This page lists all described genera and species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reprod ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Pholcidae
Spiders of South America
Spiders of the Caribbean
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