Taxon details


Mecolaesthus longissimus Simon, 1893

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2020-10-07
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003457]
  • Distribution: Venezuela
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Type deposit provide information
  • Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; m (11024) (Huber, 1997c)
  • Paralectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; 13m 3f (11024) (Huber, 1997c)
Taxonomic references
Mecoloesthus longissimus Simon, 1893a: 482, f. 469 (mf).
Mecolaesthus longissimus Simon, 1893e: 320 (Dmf).
Mecolaesthus longissimus Huber, 1997c: 588, f. 12A-E, 13A-D (mf).
Mecolaesthus longissimus Huber, 1998c: 595, f. 8L (m).
Mecolaesthus longissimus Huber, 2000: 256, f. 79, 136, 180, 1014-1023 (mf).
Mecolaesthus longissimus Huber, 2005a: 574, f. 1-2 (mf).
Mecolaesthus longissimus González-Sponga, 2010b: 18, pl. 4, f. 1-11 (mf).
Mecolaesthus longissimus Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 139, f. 494-505 (mf).
References

González-Sponga, M. A. (2010b). Biodiversidad. Arácnidos de Venezuela. Redescripción de seis géneros, cinco especies y descripción de una nueva especie de la familia Pholcidae Koch, 1850 (Araneae). Boletin, Academia de Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales de Venezuela 68(3, for 2008): 9-26. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A. (1997c). Redescriptions of Eugène Simon's neotropical pholcids (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zoosystema 19: 573-612. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. (1998c). Genital mechanics in some neotropical pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae), with implications for systematics. Journal of Zoology, London 244: 587-599. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A. (2005a). Evidence for directional selection on male abdomen size in Mecolaesthus longissimus Simon (Araneae, Pholcidae). Journal of Arachnology 33: 573-581. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A. & Villarreal, O. (2020). On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 718: 1-317. doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.718.1101 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1893e). Études arachnologiques. 25e Mémoire. XL. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'ordre des Araneae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62: 299-330. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2020-10-07 New taxonomic reference entry Huber & Villarreal, 2020 n/a
2017-07-28 New taxonomic reference entry González-Sponga, 2010b n/a