Mesabolivar is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by M. A. González-Sponga in 1998.[5]

Mesabolivar
Mesabolivar brasiliensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Mesabolivar
González-Sponga, 1998[1]
Type species
M. pseudoblechroscelis
González-Sponga, 1998
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Autana González-Sponga, 2011[2]
  • Caruaya González-Sponga, 2011[2]
  • Kaliana Huber, 2000[3]
  • Rioparaguanus González-Sponga, 2005[2]
  • Teuia Huber, 2000[4]

Species

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As of June 2019 it contains ninety-four species, found only in South America and on Trinidad:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Mesabolivar González-Sponga, 1998". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ^ a b c Huber, B. A.; Colmenares, P. A.; Ramírez, M. J. (2014). "Fourteen new generic and ten new specific synonymies in Pholcidae (Araneae), and transfer of Mystes Bristowe to Filistatidae". Zootaxa. 3847 (3): 418. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.5. hdl:11336/19098. PMID 25112347.
  3. ^ Astrin, J. J.; Misof, B.; Huber, B. A. (2007). "The pitfalls of exaggeration: molecular and morphological evidence suggests Kaliana is a synonym of Mesabolivar (Araneae: Pholcidae)". Zootaxa. 1646: 23. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1646.1.2.
  4. ^ Huber, B. A. (2018). "The South American spider genera Mesabolivar and Carapoia (Araneae, Pholcidae): new species and a framework for redrawing generic limits". Zootaxa. 4395 (1): 7. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4395.1.1. PMID 29690343.
  5. ^ González-Sponga, M. A. (1998). "Arácnidos de Venezuela. Cuatro nuevos géneros y cuatro nuevas especies de la familia Pholcidae Koch, 1850 (Araneae)". Memorias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales la Salle. 57: 17–31.