Meraha

Meraha is a genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders. The genus was erected in 2018 for two species transferred from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study of Pholcidae.^[1] The name is derived from the Malay "merah", meaning "red", referring to the reddish-orange hue of pedipalps.^[2] They are average sized cellar spiders with a cylindrical abdomen, and they build domed webs .5 to 2 metres (1 ft 8 in to 6 ft 7 in) above the ground.^[3][2]

Species

As of April 2022 it contains seven species:^[1]

• M. chiangdao (Huber, 2011) – Thailand
• M. khene (Huber, 2011) – Laos, Vietnam
• M. kinabalu (Huber, 2011) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• M. kipungit (Huber, 2016) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• M. krabi (Huber, 2016) (type) – Thailand
• M. narathiwat (Huber, 2016) – Thailand
• M. shuye (Yao & Li, 2017) – Indonesia (Borneo)

See also

• Pholcus
• List of Pholcidae species

References

Meraha est un genre d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Pholcidae^[1].

Distribution

Les espèces de ce genre se rencontrent en Asie du Sud-Est^[1].

Liste des espèces

Selon World Spider Catalog (version 19.5, 15/10/2018)^[2] :

• Meraha chiangdao (Huber, 2011)
• Meraha khene (Huber, 2011)
• Meraha kinabalu (Huber, 2011)
• Meraha kipungit (Huber, 2016)
• Meraha krabi (Huber, 2016)
• Meraha narathiwat (Huber, 2016)
• Meraha shuye (Yao & Li, 2017)

Publication originale

• Huber, Eberle & Dimitrov, 2018 : The phylogeny of pholcid spiders: a critical evaluation of relationships suggested by molecular data (Araneae, Pholcidae). ZooKeys, n^o 789, p. 51-101 (texte intégral).

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