Gen.
Mecolaesthus Simon ,
1893 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00396 ]
N.B.: spelled both as above and as Mecoloesthus by Simon, 1893a, usage of above spelling by Simon, 1893d: 320 represents a choice by the first reviser; considered a senior synonym of Venezuela Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 4 (itself a replacement name for Falconia González-Sponga, 2003: 94 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:03556] and Ayomania González-Sponga, 2005: 108, type Falconia multidenticulata González-Sponga, 2003, preoccupied in the Hemiptera by Distant, 1884) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03848], of Carbonaria González-Sponga, 2009a: 2, type Carbonaria cordiformis González-Sponga, 2009 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03908], of Maimire González-Sponga, 2009a: 4, type Maimire tuberculosa González-Sponga, 2009 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03909], of Moraia González-Sponga, 2011b: 43, type Moraia niquitanus González-Sponga, 2011 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04065], of Nasuta González-Sponga, 2009a: 6, type Nasuta grandis González-Sponga, 2009 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03910], of Sanluisi González-Sponga, 2003: 100, type Sanluisi puntiaguda González-Sponga, 2003 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03559], all by Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014: 417; considered a senior synonym of Queliceria González-Sponga, 2003: 96 (type Q. discrepantis González-Sponga, 2003) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03558] by Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 71.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2020-10-07
2020-10-07
Described in
Simon, 1893a: 482 (type Mecoloesthus longissimus Simon, 1893; gender masculine)
Simon, 1893a: 482 (type Mecoloesthus longissimus Simon, 1893; gender masculine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 36 | accepted |
Reference
Edit history
Simon, E. (1893a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 257-488. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-07 | Genus synonymy | Huber & Villarreal, 2020 | Queliceria synonymized with Mecolaesthus |
| 2014-09-15 | Genus synonymy | Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014 | Sanluisi synonymized with Mecolaesthus |
| 2014-09-15 | Genus synonymy | Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014 | Nasuta synonymized with Mecolaesthus |
| 2014-09-15 | Genus synonymy | Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014 | Moraia synonymized with Mecolaesthus |
| 2014-09-15 | Genus synonymy | Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014 | Maimire synonymized with Mecolaesthus |
| 2014-09-15 | Genus synonymy | Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014 | Carbonaria synonymized with Mecolaesthus |
| 2014-09-15 | Genus synonymy | Huber, Colmenares & Ramírez, 2014 | Venezuela synonymized with Mecolaesthus |