Mekonglema

Mekonglema
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Telemidae
Genus:	Mekonglema Zhao & Li, 2020[1]
Type species
M. bailang Zhao & Li, 2020
Species
5, see text

Mekonglema yan

Mekonglema is a genus of Asian long-legged cave spiders first described by H. F. Zhao, S. Q. Li and A. B. Zhang in 2020.[2]

Species

As of April 2022^[update] it contains five species:[1]

• M. bailang Zhao & Li, 2020 (type) – China
• M. kaorao Zhao & Li, 2020 – Laos
• M. walayaku Zhao & Li, 2020 – China
• M. xinpingi (Lin & Li, 2008) – China
• M. yan Zhao & Li, 2020 – China

See also

• Seychellia
• List of Telemidae species

References

1. "Gen. Mekonglema Zhao & Li, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
2. Zhao, H. F.; Li, S. Q.; Zhang, A. B. (2020). "Taxonomic revision of Telemidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from East and Southeast Asia". ZooKeys (933): 15–93. doi:10.3897/zookeys.933.38653. PMC 7248132. PMID 32508489.

Further reading

• Lin, Y. C.; Li, S. Q. (2008). "A new species of the family Telemidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Xishuangbanna rainforest, China". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 33: 650–653.