Meraha
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| Meraha | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Meraha Huber, 2018[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pholcus krabi (Huber, 2016) | |
| Species | |
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7, see text | |
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]
As of April 2022[update] 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)
