Melloina

Melloina
Melloina sp. from Colombia
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

see text

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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

Previously grouped under Theraphosidae and Paratropididae,[1] this genus was placed in the monotypic family Melloinidae in 2025.[4]

Species

As of January 2026, 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

  1. ^ a b c d e "Gen. Brignoli, 1985". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Brignoli, P. M. (1985). "On some generic homonymies in spiders (Araneae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 6 (9): 380.
  4. ^ 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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