Meraha

<i>Meraha</i>

Meraha

Genus of spiders

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]

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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

References

  1. [1]
    "Gen. Meraha Huber, 2018". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
  2. [2]
    Huber, B. A.; Eberle, J.; Dimitrov, D. (2018). "The phylogeny of pholcid spiders: a critical evaluation of relationships suggested by molecular data (Araneae, Pholcidae)". ZooKeys (789): 51–101. doi:10.3897/zookeys.789.22781. PMC 6193417. PMID 30344435.
  3. [3]
    Huber, B. A.; Petcharad, B.; Leh Moi Ung, C.; et al. (2016). "The Southeast Asian Pholcus halabala species group (Araneae, Pholcidae): new data from field observations and ultrastructure". European Journal of Taxonomy (190): 1–55. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.190.

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