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<emphasis id="B91D933280662807FF51F8F5FF530527" box="[151,223,1835,1856]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="417">Nasuta</emphasis>
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: 6
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species:
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<emphasis id="B91D933280662807FD4EF8F5FCAF0527" box="[648,803,1834,1856]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="417">Nasuta grandis</emphasis>
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;
<emphasis id="B91D933280662807FBECF8F4FB420527" bold="true" box="[1066,1230,1834,1856]" pageId="4" pageNumber="417">new synonymy.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91D933280662807FF51F897FF650538" box="[151,233,1865,1887]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="417">Sanluisi</emphasis>
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: 100
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species:
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<emphasis id="B91D933280662807FD6DF897FCFB0538" box="[683,887,1865,1887]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="417">Sanluisi puntiaguda</emphasis>
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;
<emphasis id="B91D933280662807FBBBF897FAAD0538" bold="true" box="[1149,1313,1865,1887]" pageId="4" pageNumber="417">new synonymy.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91D933280662807FF51F855FE7D05C3" bold="true" box="[151,497,1931,1956]" pageId="4" pageNumber="417">Justifications of synonymies.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91D933280662807FE3CF852FC9305C3" box="[506,799,1932,1956]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="417">Mecolaesthus cordiformis</emphasis>
(
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)
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;
<emphasis id="B91D933280662807FB9CF852FABC05C3" bold="true" box="[1114,1328,1931,1956]" pageId="4" pageNumber="417">new combination.</emphasis>
We have not re-examined the
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specimens (
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1♀ from Mérida State,
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<collectingCountry id="F37E0FB080662807FCAEF871FC5105AF" box="[872,989,1967,1992]" name="Venezuela" pageId="4" pageNumber="417">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
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) and do not know if the prosoma shows the posterior inflation characteristic for
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<emphasis id="B91D933280662807FDBAF80AFC9A058B" box="[636,790,2004,2028]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="417">Mecolaesthus</emphasis>
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. However, the shape of the palp in general and of the retrolateral apophysis on the procursus in particular is characteristic for the
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species
<taxonomicName id="4C6934A380672806FB50FF47FF4302B3" ID-CoL="3YL2Y" authority="Simon, 1893" authorityName="Simon" authorityYear="1893" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longissimus">
<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FB50FF47FACE02D7" box="[1174,1346,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">M. longissimus</emphasis>
Simon, 1893
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and some close relatives (cf. figs. 1017, 1029,
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). The armature of the male chelicerae is also similar to congeners from the same Venezuelan State (Mérida) (e.g.
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<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FBA1FF3FFB55029F" box="[1127,1241,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">M. azulita</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF832D180672806FB24FF01FAFD029F" author="Huber" box="[1250,1393,223,248]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" 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. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1206 / 0003 - 0090 (2000) 254 &lt;0001: NWPSAP&gt; 2.0. CO; 2" type="journal article" year="2000">Huber, 2000</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FABBFF3FFF59037B" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">M. tabay</emphasis>
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;
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<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FEB3FEDBFE71037B" box="[373,509,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">M. cornutus</emphasis>
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).
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<paragraph id="8BD64F2080672806FF01FEF6FB5A03EF" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,1005]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">
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<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FF01FEF6FE4E0327" box="[199,450,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Mecolaesthus grandis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF832D180672806FE12FEF9FD600327" author="Gonzalez-Sponga" box="[468,748,295,320]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" 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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;
<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FCC2FEF6FC570327" bold="true" box="[772,987,295,320]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">new combination.</emphasis>
We have not seen González-Spongas specimens (
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9♀ from Vargas State,
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<collectingCountry id="F37E0FB080672806FD94FE92FD4B0302" box="[594,711,332,357]" name="Venezuela" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
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) but the original description explicitly mentions the posteriorly inflated prosoma characteristic of
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<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FDEEFEAEFD4E03EF" box="[552,706,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Mecolaesthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(“Tórax de mayor altura que el área ocular...”).
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<paragraph id="8BD64F2080672806FF01FE4AFD200070" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,1005]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">
<taxonomicName id="4C6934A380672806FF01FE4AFCD303CB" ID-CoL="3YL32" authority="Gonzalez-Sponga, 2003" authorityName="Gonzalez-Sponga" authorityYear="2003" box="[199,863,404,429]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="multidenticulatus">
<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FF01FE4AFDA203CB" box="[199,558,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Mecolaesthus multidenticulatus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF832D180672806FD86FE4AFCDA03CB" author="Gonzalez-Sponga" box="[576,854,404,429]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" refString="Gonzalez-Sponga, M. A. (2003) Aracnidos de Venezuela. Cuatro generos y cuatro especies nuevas de la familia Pholcidae. Memoria de la Fundacion La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, 155, 91 - 104." type="journal article" year="2003">González-Sponga, 2003</bibRefCitation>
)
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;
<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FCA8FE4AFBC903CB" bold="true" box="[878,1093,403,428]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">new combination.</emphasis>
Re-examination (by PAC) of the
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specimens (
<specimenCount id="9D6F84A980672806FE4DFE66FE2203B7" box="[395,430,440,464]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" type="generic">1♂</specimenCount>
1♀ from Falcón State,
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<collectingCountry id="F37E0FB080672806FD0BFE69FCCE03B7" box="[717,834,439,464]" name="Venezuela" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
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) revealed the characteristic (though inconspicuous) posterior inflation of the prosoma. The male cheliceral apophyses are very similar to geographically close congeners like
<taxonomicName id="4C6934A380672806FE86FDDFFE37007F" ID-CoL="3YL2V" box="[320,443,512,536]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grandis">
<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FE86FDDFFE37007F" box="[320,443,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">M. grandis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FE34FDDFFD29007F" box="[498,677,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">M. tuberculosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD64F2080672806FF01FDFAFB6C00CF" blockId="5.[151,1436,151,1005]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">
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<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FF01FDFAFE64005B" box="[199,488,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Mecolaesthus niquitanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF832D180672806FDC4FDFAFCA1005A" author="Gonzalez-Sponga" box="[514,813,548,573]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" refString="Gonzalez-Sponga, M. A. (2011 b) Biodiversidad de Venezuela. Aracnidos. Descripcion de cinco nuevos generos y cinco nuevas especies de la familia Pholcidae Koch, 1850. Acta Biologica Venezuelana, 28 (2), 39 - 51." type="journal article" year="2011" yearSuffix="b">González-Sponga, 2011b</bibRefCitation>
);
<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FC8DFDFAFBA5005B" bold="true" box="[843,1065,547,572]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">new combination.</emphasis>
Re-examination (by PAC) of González-Spongas specimens (
<specimenCount id="9D6F84A980672806FDC8FD96FDBE0007" box="[526,562,584,608]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" type="generic">2♂</specimenCount>
7♀ from Trujillo State,
<taxonomicName id="4C6934A380672806FCB7FD99FC6A0007" box="[881,998,583,608]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Venezuela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="5" pageNumber="417" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<collectingCountry id="F37E0FB080672806FCB7FD99FC6A0007" box="[881,998,583,608]" name="Venezuela" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
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) revealed the characteristic (though inconspicuous) posterior inflation of the prosoma and a retrolateral process on the procursus similar to the
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species
<taxonomicName id="4C6934A380672806FF29FD4FFE1500CF" ID-CoL="3YL2Y" box="[239,409,656,680]" class="Arachnida" family="Pholcidae" genus="Mecolaesthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longissimus">
<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FF29FD4FFE1500CF" box="[239,409,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">M. longissimus</emphasis>
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and some close relatives (cf. figs. 1017, 1029,
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF832D180672806FB8CFD51FB5800CF" author="Huber" box="[1098,1236,655,680]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" 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. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1206 / 0003 - 0090 (2000) 254 &lt;0001: NWPSAP&gt; 2.0. CO; 2" type="journal article" year="2000">Huber 2000</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FF01FD6AFE7400AB" box="[199,504,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Mecolaesthus puntiagudus</emphasis>
(
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)
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;
<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FCF9FD6AFB9500AB" bold="true" box="[831,1049,691,716]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">new combination.</emphasis>
The abdomen of this species is globular rather than elongated and pointed at the tip as in most congeners, but a re-examination (by PAC) of the
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specimens (
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8♀ from Falcón State,
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) revealed the characteristic posterior inflation of the prosoma. The epigynum has a pair of processes similar to
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<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FCE5FCFFFC0E0150" box="[803,898,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">M. taino</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FF01FC9AFE73013B" box="[199,511,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Mecolaesthus tuberculosus</emphasis>
(
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)
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;
<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FC88FC9AFBA7013B" bold="true" box="[846,1067,835,860]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">new combination.</emphasis>
We have not seen González- Spongas material of this species (
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4♀ from Yaracuy State,
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<collectingCountry id="F37E0FB080672806FCB9FCB9FC7B01E7" box="[895,1015,871,896]" name="Venezuela" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
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), but the original drawings strongly suggest that this species is closely related to
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<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FD40FC52FCF001C3" box="[646,892,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Mecolaesthus grandis</emphasis>
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which is geographically close (distance between
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localities about
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) and whose assignment to
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<emphasis id="B91D933280672806FCDFFC6EFC3F01AF" box="[793,947,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Mecolaesthus</emphasis>
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is strongly supported by the characteristic posterior inflation of the prosoma (see above).
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