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Huber
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FBA2FD21FEC8FD72" box="[1065,1171,686,712]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Falconia</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FEEAFD5DFB90FD56" box="[353,459,722,748]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Falconia</emphasis>
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Huber
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FD89FC95F866FC89" box="[514,573,793,819]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">et al.</emphasis>
(2014a)
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Huber
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FED2FCEEFBCFFCC0" box="[345,404,864,890]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">et al.</emphasis>
(2014a)
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Huber
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(2014a)
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. Synonymized in
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Huber
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FED2FC60FBCFFBB2" box="[345,404,1006,1032]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">et al.</emphasis>
(2014a)
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FF36FBBFFB05FBF0" box="[189,350,1072,1098]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Mecoloesthus</emphasis>
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. —
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FF36FBFDFBA7FB36" bold="true" box="[189,508,1138,1164]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Justification of synonymy</emphasis>
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The
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material of
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FE40FB2EF8BFFB01" box="[459,740,1185,1211]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Queliceria discrepantis</emphasis>
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was reexamined, as well as new material collected at the
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locality. Morphologically, this species strongly resembles several geographically close species of
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FDACFB67F893FAB8" box="[551,712,1256,1282]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Mecolaesthus</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FD5DFB66F93AFAB8" box="[726,865,1257,1282]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">M. cornutus</emphasis>
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;
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FB8AFB66FE3DFAB8" box="[1025,1126,1256,1282]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">M. tabay</emphasis>
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;
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FA8DFB66FF2CFAB8" box="[1286,1399,1257,1282]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">M. mucuy</emphasis>
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) in its general habitus and carapace coloration (distinctive lateral dark marks restricted to anterior half), and males show the principal putative synapomorphy of the genus (inflated carapace). Preliminary molecular data (J.J. Astrin, B.A. Huber, unpubl. data) also support a close relationship with the congeners listed above and show
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FDF9FAF9F9DEFA2A" box="[626,901,1398,1424]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Queliceria discrepantis</emphasis>
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as deeply nested among other Venezuelan
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FF36FA15FB05FA0E" box="[189,350,1434,1460]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Mecolaesthus</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FF36FA53FB58FA4C" bold="true" box="[189,259,1500,1526]" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Notes</emphasis>
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With now 30 Venezuelan species (14 previously described +16 new),
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FC60F984FED7F99F" box="[1003,1164,1547,1573]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Mecolaesthus</emphasis>
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is the most speciesrich pholcid genus in
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. Only six species have been described from neighboring countries and regions:
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(1), Lesser Antilles (3),
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(1), and
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(1). This suggests that
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is the distributional center of
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FE72F9FAF8C1F935" box="[505,666,1653,1679]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Mecolaesthus</emphasis>
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, but at least the Colombian pholcid fauna is poorly known and may include a large number of species.
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Of the 14 Venezuelan species described previously, eleven are treated below. For the remaining three Venezuelan species we do
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have new data:
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FF36F8BEFBE3F8F1" box="[189,440,1841,1867]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Mecolaesthus azulita</emphasis>
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;
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locality “
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SE Azulita (ULA Biol. Res. La Carbonera),
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,
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” (
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) [approximately
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,
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]; see Notes under
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FB42F8DAFF2CF8D4" box="[1225,1399,1876,1902]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">M. cordiformis</emphasis>
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below.
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF967A47FF36F824FBC1F87F" box="[189,410,1963,1989]" italics="true" pageId="70" pageNumber="71">Mecolaesthus hoti</emphasis>
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;
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locality only roughly known: “Rio Baria, Dept.
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,
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” (
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) [between
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,
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and
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,
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].
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FF36FE86F85AFE99" box="[189,513,265,291]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Mecolaesthus puntiagudus</emphasis>
(
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)
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,
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locality
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, Sierra de
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, Curimagua [approximately
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,
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]. The
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specimens (2 ♂♂,
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; MAGS 1432) have been on loan to another researcher and could not be examined.
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The ZFMK collection includes material of six further Venezuelan species, from the states La
<collectingRegion id="4985F859FF977A46FA94FE1DFF29FE16" box="[1311,1394,402,428]" country="Paraguay" name="Guaira" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Guaira</collectingRegion>
,
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,
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, and
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. They are not described here because specimens of only one sex are available.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FF36FE77F84BFDA8" bold="true" box="[189,528,504,530]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Operational species groups</emphasis>
</heading>
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Venezuelan
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FED9FDA8FBA8FDFB" box="[338,499,551,577]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Mecolaesthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are here divided into three operational species groups, explicitly based on similarity rather than cladistic analysis. In some cases the specific similarities probably reflect phylogenetic relationships, in others
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. Such operational species groups provide a preliminary structure for the known species and they facilitate taxon selection in future phylogenetic analyses.
</paragraph>
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The
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FF7BFD5AFB0CFD54" box="[240,343,725,750]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">cornutus</emphasis>
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group includes the ten species shown in Fig. 1042. Most species in this group look identical in the field (
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,
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF977A46FD8EFD77F82BFCA9" box="[517,624,760,787]" captionStart="Figs 306311" captionStartId="94.[189,241,1924,1950]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,724,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-190@94.[189,1398,724,1886]" captionTargetPageId="94" captionText="Figs 306311. Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893; live specimens. 306308. M. piedras Huber sp. nov.; male and female with egg sac from Mérida, Las Piedras. 309311. M. discrepantis (González-Sponga, 2003); male and female from Trujillo, Laguna Negra." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069730" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069730/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">306311</figureCitation>
); the lateral dark carapace marks are limited to the anterior part; males do
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have a longer abdomen than females; male chelicereae are
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provided with modified hairs. Within this group,
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FE54FCCFF94FFCE3" ID-CoL="3YL35" authority="Huber, 2000" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2000" box="[479,788,831,857]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="peckorum">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FE54FCCFF822FCE3" box="[479,633,831,857]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. peckorum</emphasis>
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;
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FCABFCCFF9D3FCE3" box="[800,904,831,857]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. tabay</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B4AFF977A46FC04FCB0FE78FCE3" author="Huber B. A." box="[911,1059,831,857]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" pagination="1 - 348" refId="ref127973" refString="Huber B. A. 2000. New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): a revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1 - 348. https: // doi. org / 10.1206 / 0003 - 0090 (2000) 254 % 3 C 0001: NWPSAP % 3 E 2.0. CO; 2" type="journal article" year="2000">Huber, 2000</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FBA4FCCFFF1BFCE3" ID-CoL="3YL2S" authority="Huber, 2000" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2000" box="[1071,1344,831,857]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="azulita">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FBA4FCCFFEFEFCE3" box="[1071,1189,831,857]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. azulita</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B4AFF977A46FB27FCB0FF1BFCE3" author="Huber B. A." box="[1196,1344,831,857]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" pagination="1 - 348" refId="ref127973" refString="Huber B. A. 2000. New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): a revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1 - 348. https: // doi. org / 10.1206 / 0003 - 0090 (2000) 254 % 3 C 0001: NWPSAP % 3 E 2.0. CO; 2" type="journal article" year="2000">Huber, 2000</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; and
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FF36FCEBFB35FCC7" box="[189,366,867,893]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. cordiformis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B4AFF977A46FE0BFCECF8C4FCC7" author="Gonzalez-Sponga M. A." box="[384,671,867,893]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" pagination="1 - 16" refId="ref127402" refString="Gonzalez-Sponga M. A. 2009. Aracnidos de Venezuela. Cuatro nuevos generos y cinco especies nuevas de la familia Pholcidae (Araneae). Anartia 21: 1 - 16." type="journal article" year="2009">González-Sponga, 2009</bibRefCitation>
)
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have extremely similar male chelicerae and female internal genitalia (female of
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FE24FC08F873FC1A" box="[431,552,902,928]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. azulita</emphasis>
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unknown). The two species
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FC0AFC08FE11FC1A" ID-CoL="9929G" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" box="[897,1098,902,928]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chicha" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FC0AFC08F9A3FC1A" box="[897,1016,902,928]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. chicha</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
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and
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FB60FC08FB5DFC7E" ID-CoL="99278" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parchita" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FB60FC08FF2DFC1A" box="[1259,1398,902,928]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. parchita</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657D2FF977A46FE85FC24FB32FC7F" box="[270,361,939,965]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
fit this group in their morphology but are unusual for their lighter coloration (
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF977A46FA8BFC25FAB5FC52" captionStart="Figs 277282" captionStartId="87.[189,241,1926,1952]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,558,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-116@87.[189,1398,558,1886]" captionTargetPageId="87" captionText="Figs 277282. Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893; live specimens. 277279. M. chicha Huber sp. nov.; male, female, and juvenile from Mérida, between Bailadores and Pregonero. 280282. M. parchita Huber sp. nov.; male, female, and juvenile from Mérida, between Tovar and Guaraque." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069722" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069722/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Figs 277 282</figureCitation>
). The two species share strongly banded legs, almost identical procursi and genital bulbs, similar distal cheliceral apophyses and internal female genitalia.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36BBFF977A46FF36FBBCFB22F930" blockId="71.[189,1399,1075,1674]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">
The
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FF78FBBCFB16FBF7" ID-CoL="3YL2V" authorityName="Gonzalez-Sponga" authorityYear="2009" box="[243,333,1075,1101]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandis">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FF78FBBCFB16FBF7" box="[243,333,1075,1101]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">grandis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group includes the eleven species shown in Figs
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. Males in this group usually have slightly longer abdomens than females (e.g.,
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF977A46FC95FBD8F99CFBCB" box="[798,967,1111,1137]" captionStart="Figs 427434" captionStartId="124.[189,241,1860,1886]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,324,1810]" captionTargetId="figure-79@124.[189,1398,324,1810]" captionTargetPageId="124" captionText="Figs 427434. Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893; live specimens. 427428. M. trampa Huber sp. nov.; female with egg sac from Táchira, near La Trampa. 429432. M. lechosa Huber sp. nov.; male and female from Mérida, Mesa Bolívar (arrows: dark brown book-lung cover and light brown plate close to pedicel). 433434. M. arepa Huber sp. nov.; males from Táchira, near La Trampa (arrow: median process on carapace)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069768" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069768/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Figs 429432</figureCitation>
); male chelicerae are provided with modified hairs; procursi are distally often bifid, divided into a sclerotized and a membranous part (e.g.,
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF977A46FF36FB10FB39FB03" box="[189,354,1182,1209]" captionStart="Figs 348355" captionStartId="103.[189,241,1891,1917]" captionTargetBox="[200,1377,265,1864]" captionTargetId="figure-66@103.[189,1398,265,1873]" captionTargetPageId="103" captionText="Figs 348355. Mecolaesthus grandis (González-Sponga, 2009); from La Guaira, El Limón (type locality; ZFMK Ar 2189921900). 348350. Left palpal tarsus and procursus, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 351353. Left genital bulb, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 354. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 355. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069744" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069744/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Figs 348350</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF977A46FEE4FB10FB80FB03" box="[367,475,1183,1209]" captionStart="Figs 390398" captionStartId="115.[189,241,1892,1918]" captionTargetBox="[190,1398,325,1837]" captionTargetId="figure-65@115.[189,1398,325,1837]" captionTargetPageId="115" captionText="Figs 390398. Mecolaesthus niquitanus (González-Sponga, 2011); from Trujillo, Laguna Negra (ZFMK Ar 2191112). 390392. Left palpal tarsus and procursus, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 393395. Left genital bulb, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 396397. Male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views. 398. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069758" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069758/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">390392</figureCitation>
); males of several species share sclerotized plates anteriorly on the abdomen, ventrally and/or dorsally (
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF977A46FE71FB4DF832FB66" box="[506,617,1218,1244]" captionStart="Figs 338345" captionStartId="101.[189,241,1857,1883]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,397,1810]" captionTargetId="figure-76@101.[189,1398,397,1810]" captionTargetPageId="101" captionText="Figs 338345. Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893; live specimens. 338340. M. grandis (González-Sponga, 2009); male and female with egg sac from La Guaira, El Limón (arrow: brown plate above pedicel opposing carapace inflation). 341343. M. multidenticulatus (González-Sponga, 2003); male and female with egg sac from Falcón, Curimagua. 344345. M. tuberculosus (González-Sponga, 2003); male and female with egg sac from Yaracuy, Yurubi National Park." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069740" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069740/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Figs 338</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF977A46FDF2FB4DF8F1FB66" box="[633,682,1218,1244]" captionStart="Figs 427434" captionStartId="124.[189,241,1860,1886]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,324,1810]" captionTargetId="figure-79@124.[189,1398,324,1810]" captionTargetPageId="124" captionText="Figs 427434. Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893; live specimens. 427428. M. trampa Huber sp. nov.; female with egg sac from Táchira, near La Trampa. 429432. M. lechosa Huber sp. nov.; male and female from Mérida, Mesa Bolívar (arrows: dark brown book-lung cover and light brown plate close to pedicel). 433434. M. arepa Huber sp. nov.; males from Táchira, near La Trampa (arrow: median process on carapace)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069768" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069768/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">430</figureCitation>
). Within this group,
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FC20FB4CFF2AFB66" ID-CoL="3YL2V" authority="(Gonzalez-Sponga, 2009)" baseAuthorityName="Gonzalez-Sponga" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[939,1393,1218,1244]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandis">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FC20FB4CFE6AFB66" box="[939,1073,1218,1244]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. grandis</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FF36FB68F8A1FABA" ID-CoL="3YL32" authority="(Gonzalez-Sponga, 2003)" baseAuthorityName="Gonzalez-Sponga" baseAuthorityYear="2003" box="[189,762,1254,1280]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="multidenticulatus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FF36FB68FBEDFABA" box="[189,438,1254,1280]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. multidenticulatus</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
; and
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FCC8FB68FF1EFABA" ID-CoL="6QWMQ" authority="(Gonzalez-Sponga, 2009)" baseAuthorityName="Gonzalez-Sponga" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[835,1349,1254,1280]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tuberculosus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FCC8FB68FE5EFABA" box="[835,1029,1254,1280]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. tuberculosus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B4AFF977A46FB91FB69FF66FABA" author="Gonzalez-Sponga M. A." box="[1050,1341,1254,1280]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" pagination="1 - 16" refId="ref127402" refString="Gonzalez-Sponga M. A. 2009. Aracnidos de Venezuela. Cuatro nuevos generos y cinco especies nuevas de la familia Pholcidae (Araneae). Anartia 21: 1 - 16." type="journal article" year="2009">González-Sponga, 2009</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
are almost indistinguishable even by details of their genitalia. The three species were originally described in three different genera but are likely to be closely related. These three species share with three further species [
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FEAEFADDFB90FAD1" box="[293,459,1362,1387]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. niquitanus</emphasis>
(González-Sponga, 2011)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FC9DFADDF9ADFAD1" ID-CoL="99252" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" box="[790,1014,1361,1387]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FC9DFADDF9F8FAD1" box="[790,931,1361,1387]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. longipes</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657D2FF977A46FB8BFADDFE3AFAD6" box="[1024,1121,1362,1388]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FBE4FADDFF2DFAD1" ID-CoL="99299" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" box="[1135,1398,1361,1387]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bienmesabe" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FBE4FADDFF78FAD1" box="[1135,1315,1361,1387]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. bienmesabe</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657D2FF977A46FF36FAFAFB45FA35" box="[189,286,1396,1423]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
] a distinctive arrangement of male cheliceral apophyses and modified hairs: a pair of large apophyses and a pair of low elevations, both provided with small modified hairs (e.g.,
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF977A46FB40FA17FF6DFA09" box="[1227,1334,1432,1459]" captionStart="Figs 348355" captionStartId="103.[189,241,1891,1917]" captionTargetBox="[200,1377,265,1864]" captionTargetId="figure-66@103.[189,1398,265,1873]" captionTargetPageId="103" captionText="Figs 348355. Mecolaesthus grandis (González-Sponga, 2009); from La Guaira, El Limón (type locality; ZFMK Ar 2189921900). 348350. Left palpal tarsus and procursus, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 351353. Left genital bulb, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 354. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 355. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069744" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069744/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Figs 354</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF977A46FAC8FA17FF29FA08" box="[1347,1394,1432,1458]" captionStart="Figs 390398" captionStartId="115.[189,241,1892,1918]" captionTargetBox="[190,1398,325,1837]" captionTargetId="figure-65@115.[189,1398,325,1837]" captionTargetPageId="115" captionText="Figs 390398. Mecolaesthus niquitanus (González-Sponga, 2011); from Trujillo, Laguna Negra (ZFMK Ar 2191112). 390392. Left palpal tarsus and procursus, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 393395. Left genital bulb, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 396397. Male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views. 398. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069758" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069758/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">396</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF977A46FF36FA33FAB5FA6D" box="[189,238,1468,1495]" captionStart="Figs 410417" captionStartId="121.[189,241,1855,1881]" captionTargetBox="[217,1374,265,1829]" captionTargetId="figure-72@121.[213,1376,265,1829]" captionTargetPageId="121" captionText="Figs 410417. Mecolaesthus bienmesabe Huber sp. nov.; from Lara, between Barquisimeto and Boconó (type locality; ZFMK Ar 2192324). 410412. Left palpal tarsus and procursus, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 413415. Left genital bulb, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views (arrow: median sclerite on bulbal process). 416. Male chelicerae, frontal view. 417. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069764" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069764/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">416</figureCitation>
). A similar arrangement but with much stronger hairs occurs in
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FB88FA32FE8CFA6C" ID-CoL="9923D" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" box="[1027,1239,1468,1494]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trampa" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FB88FA32FED8FA6C" box="[1027,1155,1469,1494]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. trampa</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657D2FF977A46FB68FA32FF1AFA6D" box="[1251,1345,1469,1495]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FF36FA6EFBCDFA40" ID-CoL="992B2" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" box="[189,406,1504,1530]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lechosa" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FF36FA6EFB19FA40" box="[189,322,1504,1530]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. lechosa</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657D2FF977A46FE2AFA6EF85BFA41" box="[417,512,1505,1531]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF977A46FD98FA6FF8DAFA40" box="[531,641,1504,1530]" captionStart="Figs 435443" captionStartId="125.[189,241,1857,1883]" captionTargetBox="[200,1386,261,1825]" captionTargetId="figure-75@125.[194,1393,261,1828]" captionTargetPageId="125" captionText="Figs 435443. Mecolaesthus trampa Huber sp. nov.; from Táchira, near La Trampa (type locality; ZFMK Ar 2192728). 435437. Left palpal tarsus and procursus, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 438 440. Left genital bulb, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views (arrows: distinctive prolateral transversal sclerite). 441442. Male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views. 443. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069770" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069770/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Figs 441</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF977A46FD1AFA6FF899FA41" box="[657,706,1504,1531]" captionStart="Figs 444452" captionStartId="128.[189,241,1892,1918]" captionTargetBox="[196,1387,265,1863]" captionTargetId="figure-70@128.[189,1398,265,1863]" captionTargetPageId="128" captionText="Figs 444452. Mecolaesthus lechosa Huber sp. nov.; from Mérida, Mesa Bolívar (type locality; ZFMK Ar 2193031). 444446. Left palpal tarsus and procursus, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 447449. Left genital bulb, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 450451. Male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views. 452. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069772" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069772/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">450</figureCitation>
). The remaining three species (
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FBC8FA6EFF5DFA40" ID-CoL="99269" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" box="[1091,1286,1504,1530]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="arepa" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FBC8FA6EFEEAFA40" box="[1091,1201,1505,1530]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. arepa</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657D2FF977A46FA9AFA6EFF29FA41" box="[1297,1394,1505,1531]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FF36F98BFBCAF9A4" ID-CoL="99232" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" box="[189,401,1540,1566]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusillus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FF36F98BFB64F9A4" box="[189,319,1540,1566]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. pusillus</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657D2FF977A46FE12F98BFBADF9A4" box="[409,502,1540,1566]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FD89F98BF894F9A4" ID-CoL="9929K" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" box="[514,719,1540,1566]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alegria" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FD89F98BF824F9A4" box="[514,639,1540,1566]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. alegria</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657D2FF977A46FD5CF98BF96EF9A4" box="[727,821,1540,1566]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
), share modified hairs on the male chelicerae but do otherwise
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FED5F9A7FBD8F9F8" box="[350,387,1576,1602]" class="Not" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" pageId="71" pageNumber="241" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="class">not</taxonomicName>
easily fit into this group. The two latter species have identical procursi, very similar male chelicerae and genital bulbs, and they share a pair of dark sclerites in the female internal genitalia (
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF977A46FF4EF9E0FB37F930" box="[197,364,1647,1674]" captionStart="Figs 471478" captionStartId="133.[189,241,1856,1882]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,645,1811]" captionTargetId="figure-169@133.[189,1398,645,1811]" captionTargetPageId="133" captionText="Figs 471478. Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893; live specimens; epigyna, ventral views and cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views. 471475. M. pusillus Huber sp. nov.; male from Aragua, Puerto Colombia and female with egg sac from between Maracay and Puerto Colombia; epigynum and cleared female genitalia from Aragua, Puerto Colombia (type locality; ZFMK Ar 21936). 476478. M. alegria Huber sp. nov.; from Falcón, Santa Cruz de La Alegría (type locality; ZFMK Ar 21938)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069778" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069778/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Figs 473, 476</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFE36BBFF977A49FF36F93EFE9AFDA1" blockId="71.[189,1399,1712,2025]" lastBlockId="72.[189,1399,265,540]" lastPageId="72" lastPageNumber="73" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">
The
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FF7CF93EFBD9F971" ID-CoL="3YL2Y" authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1893" box="[247,386,1713,1739]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longissimus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FF7CF93EFBD9F971" box="[247,386,1713,1739]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">longissimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group includes the remaining nine Venezuelan species shown in Figs
<date id="FFFF107BFF977A46FB60F93FFF28F971" box="[1259,1395,1712,1739]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" value="1045" valueMax="1046">10451046</date>
. This group is certainly polyphyletic, and some species may eventually end up in other or new genera (e.g.,
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FE8AF976FBE6F8A8" ID-CoL="9924C" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" box="[257,445,1784,1810]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fallax" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FE8AF976FB37F8A8" box="[257,364,1784,1810]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. fallax</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657D2FF977A46FE4DF976F87FF8A9" box="[454,548,1785,1811]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FDBAF976F8B6F8A8" ID-CoL="9927N" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" box="[561,749,1784,1810]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="limon" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FDBAF976F8C7F8A8" box="[561,668,1784,1810]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. limon</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657D2FF977A46FD7DF976F90EF8A9" box="[758,853,1785,1811]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
). Some species (
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FB97F976FF29F8A8" ID-CoL="3YL2Y" authority="Simon, 1893" authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1893" box="[1052,1394,1784,1810]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longissimus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FB97F976FE94F8A8" box="[1052,1231,1784,1810]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. longissimus</emphasis>
Simon, 1893
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FF36F892FBF4F88C" ID-CoL="9928R" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" box="[189,431,1820,1846]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guasacaca" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FF36F892FB07F88C" box="[189,348,1821,1846]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M guasacaca</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657D2FF977A46FE32F893F842F88C" box="[441,537,1820,1846]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FDACF892F94FF88C" ID-CoL="9924T" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" box="[551,788,1820,1846]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yerbatero" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FDACF892F899F88C" box="[551,706,1820,1846]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. yerbatero</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657D2FF977A46FC95F893F926F88C" box="[798,893,1820,1846]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
) share with representatives of the
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FA96F893FF2CF88C" ID-CoL="3YL2V" baseAuthorityName="Gonzalez-Sponga" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[1309,1399,1820,1846]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandis">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FA96F893FF2CF88C" box="[1309,1399,1820,1846]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">grandis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group a bifid procursus tip (
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF977A46FD91F8B0F8D2F8E0" box="[538,649,1855,1882]" captionStart="Figs 500505" captionStartId="140.[189,241,1930,1956]" captionTargetBox="[231,1345,740,1877]" captionTargetId="figure-215@140.[189,1398,740,1893]" captionTargetPageId="140" captionText="Figs 500505. Mecolaesthus longissimus Simon, 1893; from Aragua, Colonia Tovar (type locality; ZFMK Ar 21940). 500502. Left palpal tarsus and procursus, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 503505. Left genital bulb, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. Scale lines: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069786" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069786/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Figs 500</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF977A46FD12F8B0F893F8E0" box="[665,712,1855,1882]" captionStart="Figs 536544" captionStartId="151.[189,241,1857,1883]" captionTargetBox="[189,1394,289,1797]" captionTargetId="figure-75@151.[189,1398,289,1801]" captionTargetPageId="151" captionText="Figs 536544. Mecolaesthus guasacaca Huber sp. nov.; from Falcón, Curimagua (type locality; ZFMK Ar 2194748). 536538. Left palpal tarsus and procursus, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 539541. Left genital bulb, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views (arrows: three distinctive elements of ventral bulbal sclerite). 542543. Male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views. 544. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view. Scale lines: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069798" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069798/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">536</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF977A46FD52F8B0F952F8E0" box="[729,777,1855,1882]" captionStart="Figs 560568" captionStartId="155.[189,241,1857,1883]" captionTargetBox="[198,1390,298,1816]" captionTargetId="figure-75@155.[189,1398,298,1816]" captionTargetPageId="155" captionText="Figs 560568. Mecolaesthus yerbatero Huber sp. nov.; from Mérida, between Mérida and Barinas (type locality; ZFMK Ar 21950). 560562. Left palpal tarsus and procursus, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 563565. Left genital bulb, prolateral, dorsal, and retrolateral views. 566567. Male chelicerae, frontal and lateral views. 568. Cleared female genitalia, dorsal view (arrow: tube-like internal structure). Scale lines: 0.3 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069804" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069804/files/figure.png" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">560</figureCitation>
), but the male chelicerae lack modified hairs. The
<typeStatus id="54FA8819FF977A46FF36F8EBFAABF8C4" box="[189,240,1892,1918]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">type</typeStatus>
species
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FEDCF8EBF850F8C7" ID-CoL="3YL2Y" authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1893" box="[343,523,1891,1917]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longissimus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FEDCF8EBF850F8C7" box="[343,523,1891,1917]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. longissimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also shares with representatives of the
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FC6DF8ECFE1BF8C7" ID-CoL="3YL2V" baseAuthorityName="Gonzalez-Sponga" baseAuthorityYear="2009" box="[998,1088,1891,1917]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandis">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FC6DF8ECFE1BF8C7" box="[998,1088,1891,1917]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">grandis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group a longer male than female abdomen. The two species with extremely inflated male prosoma (
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FBAEF807FF57F81B" ID-CoL="9923V" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" box="[1061,1292,1927,1953]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="graphorn" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FBAEF807FEE7F81B" box="[1061,1212,1927,1953]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. graphorn</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657D2FF977A46FA9FF808FF29F81B" box="[1300,1394,1927,1953]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FF36F824FBC2F87F" ID-CoL="99258" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" box="[189,409,1963,1989]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cachapa" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FF36F824FB13F87F" box="[189,328,1963,1989]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. cachapa</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657D2FF977A46FE2AF824FBA5F87F" box="[417,510,1963,1989]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
) remind of congeners in
<collectingCountry id="F356762BFF977A46FCADF824F9D1F87F" box="[806,906,1963,1989]" name="Trinidad and Tobago" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">Trinidad</collectingCountry>
and the Lesser Antilles [
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<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FB3AF824FF44F87E" box="[1201,1311,1963,1988]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. arima</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B4AFF977A46FAACF824FAA0F852" author="Huber B. A." pageId="71" pageNumber="72" pagination="1 - 348" refId="ref127973" refString="Huber B. A. 2000. New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): a revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1 - 348. https: // doi. org / 10.1206 / 0003 - 0090 (2000) 254 % 3 C 0001: NWPSAP % 3 E 2.0. CO; 2" type="journal article" year="2000">Huber, 2000</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FE8DF840F808F852" ID-CoL="3YL33" authority="(Simon, 1894)" baseAuthorityName="Simon" baseAuthorityYear="1894" box="[262,595,1998,2024]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigrifrons">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FE8DF840FBFBF852" box="[262,416,1998,2024]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. nigrifrons</emphasis>
(Simon, 1894)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FDD5F840F99AF852" ID-CoL="3YL2X" authority="(Simon, 1894)" baseAuthorityName="Simon" baseAuthorityYear="1894" box="[606,961,1998,2024]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lemniscatus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FDD5F840F954F852" box="[606,783,1998,2024]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. lemniscatus</emphasis>
(Simon, 1894)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF977A46FC47F840FE92F853" ID-CoL="3YL39" authority="Huber, 2000" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2000" box="[972,1225,1998,2025]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="taino">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF977A46FC47F840FE75F852" box="[972,1070,1999,2024]" italics="true" pageId="71" pageNumber="72">M. taino</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFD04B4AFF977A46FBBEF841FE92F853" author="Huber B. A." box="[1077,1225,1998,2025]" pageId="71" pageNumber="72" pagination="1 - 348" refId="ref127973" refString="Huber B. A. 2000. New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): a revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1 - 348. https: // doi. org / 10.1206 / 0003 - 0090 (2000) 254 % 3 C 0001: NWPSAP % 3 E 2.0. CO; 2" type="journal article" year="2000">Huber, 2000</bibRefCitation>
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] but extremely inflated prosomata are also known from undescribed Colombian species (F. Cala Riquelme, pers. comm.
<date id="FFFF107BFF987A49FF36FEA2FB0FFEFD" box="[189,340,300,327]" pageId="72" pageNumber="73" value="2017-07-20">20 Jul. 2017</date>
). In addition, the strong intraspecific variability of carapace inflation (e.g.,
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF987A49FB47FEA3FF34FEFD" box="[1228,1391,300,327]" captionStart="Figs 510513" captionStartId="145.[189,241,1889,1915]" captionTargetBox="[216,1362,379,1826]" captionTargetId="figure-62@145.[189,1398,372,1835]" captionTargetPageId="145" captionText="Figs 510513. Mecolaesthus graphorn Huber sp. nov.; from Aragua, Henri Pittier National Park, near La Cumbre (type locality; ZFMK Ar 2194344). 510511. Prosomata of large and small males (at same scale). 512513. Left male pedipalp, prolateral and retrolateral views. Scale lines: 510511=1 mm; 512513= 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069790" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069790/files/figure.png" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">Figs 510511</figureCitation>
) makes this a problematic character for phylogeny. The highly aberrant
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF987A49FB8BFEDEFE30FED0" ID-CoL="9924C" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" box="[1024,1131,336,362]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="72" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fallax">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF987A49FB8BFEDEFE30FED0" box="[1024,1131,336,362]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">M. fallax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is tentatively assigned to
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF987A49FF56FEFCFB25FE37" ID-CoL="5MDQ" authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1893" box="[221,382,371,397]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="72" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF987A49FF56FEFCFB25FE37" box="[221,382,371,397]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">Mecolaesthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for the lack of a better solution. Preliminary molecular data (J.J. Astrin, B.A. Huber, unpubl. data) place this species among
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF987A49FD01FE18F970FE0B" ID-CoL="5MDQ" authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1893" box="[650,811,407,433]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="72" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF987A49FD01FE18F970FE0B" box="[650,811,407,433]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">Mecolaesthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, so it seemed premature to designate a new genus for this species. Finally,
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF987A49FE69FE34F8FBFE6E" ID-CoL="9927N" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" box="[482,672,442,468]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="72" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="limon" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF987A49FE69FE34F815FE6E" box="[482,590,442,468]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">M. limon</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
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and
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF987A49FCC9FE34F9C2FE6E" ID-CoL="3YL2W" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2000" box="[834,921,442,468]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="72" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hoti">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF987A49FCC9FE34F9C2FE6E" box="[834,921,442,468]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">M. hoti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
males share the main synapomorphy of the genus (inflated prosoma;
<figureCitation id="137A2A3EFF987A49FD9EFE51F822FE42" box="[533,633,477,504]" captionStart="Figs 582588" captionStartId="161.[189,241,1925,1951]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,753,1883]" captionTargetId="figure-199@161.[189,1398,753,1883]" captionTargetPageId="161" captionText="Figs 582588. Mecolaesthus limon Huber sp. nov.; from La Guaira, El Limón (type locality). 582 585. Live male and female with egg sac. 586588. Epigynum, ventral view and cleared female genitalia, ventral and dorsal views (ZFMK Ar 21963)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4069810" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/4069810/files/figure.png" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">Fig. 583</figureCitation>
) but otherwise the two species appear unique and isolated (male genitalia; in
<taxonomicName id="4C414D38FF987A49FEDBFD8DF851FDA1" ID-CoL="9927N" authority="Huber" authorityName="Huber" authorityYear="2020" box="[336,522,513,539]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="72" pageNumber="73" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="limon" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B935EAA9FF987A49FEDBFD8DFBE1FDA1" box="[336,442,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">M. limon</emphasis>
Huber
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20657D2FF987A49FD9AFD8DF837FDA6" box="[529,620,514,540]" pageId="72" pageNumber="73" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
also female genitalia and spines on male femur 1).
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