Melloina
| Melloina | |
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| Melloina sp. from Colombia | |
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| Melloina sp. from Colombia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Melloinidae |
| Genus: | Melloina Brignoli, 1985[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. gracilis (Schenkel, 1953) | |
| Species | |
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see text | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Melloina is a genus of baldlegged spiders that was first described by Paolo Marcello Brignoli in 1985.[3] Its five described species are found in Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela.[1]
Systematics
[edit]Previously grouped under Theraphosidae and Paratropididae,[1] this genus was placed in the monotypic family Melloinidae in 2025.[4]
Species
[edit]As of January 2026[update], this genus includes five species:[1]
- Melloina condesa Perafán, Montes de Oca & Pérez-Miles, 2025 – Colombia
- Melloina gracilis (Schenkel, 1953) – Venezuela
- Melloina pacifica Echeverri, Gómez Torres, Pinel & Perafán, 2023 – Colombia
- Melloina rickwesti Raven, 1999 – Panama
- Melloina santuario Bertani, 2013 – Venezuela
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Gen. Brignoli, 1985". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ↑ Platnick, N. I. (1989). Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1981-1987: A Supplement to Brignoli's A Catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester University Press. p. 112.
- ↑ Brignoli, P. M. (1985). "On some generic homonymies in spiders (Araneae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 6 (9): 380.
- ↑ Perafán, C.; Montes de Oca, L.; Pérez-Miles, F. (2025). "An integrative study of a new species of Melloina Brignoli: an additional support for Melloinidae new family (Araneae: Mygalomorphae)". Journal of Natural History. 59: 2337–2353. doi:10.1080/00222933.2025.2555445.
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