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Mecolaesthus

Mecolaesthus cellar spiders

mecolaesthus.sp1

Cream abdomen with black markings like stepping stones in a line. Cephalothorax is cream with black marking in centre. Legs are dark cream with very faint bands.

2019.BGL.W3.12, 2019.BGL.W3.15

Morphospecies ID: J. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: A. Brescovit; Pictures: J. Schmidt

Location: Reserva Biologica del Rio Bigal, Ecuador (900 m.a.s.l.) 

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Sheet tangle web

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2019.BGL.W3.15

mecolaesthus.sp2

Cream abdomen with dark blue markings like stepping stones in a line. Cephalothorax is cream. Legs are dark cream.

2019.BGL.W3.10, 2019.BGL.W5.13

Morphospecies ID: J. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: A. Brescovit

Location: Reserva Biologica del Rio Bigal, Ecuador (900 m.a.s.l.) 

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Sheet tangle web

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mecolaesthus.sp3

Beige and black marbled abdomen. White cephalothorax with burgundy line down centre. Pedipalps bean-shaped with little circles on the end. Legs are dark brown.

2019.BGL.W6.16

Morphospecies ID: J. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: A. Brescovit; Pictures: J. Schmidt

Location: Reserva Biologica del Rio Bigal, Ecuador (900 m.a.s.l.) 

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Sheet tangle web

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2019.BGL.W6.16

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