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. The name is derived from the Malay "merah", meaning "red", referring to the reddish-orange hue of pedipalps. 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.

Species

As of April 2022[update] it contains seven species:

  • 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)

See also

Further reading

  • Dong, T. T.; Zheng, G.; Yao, Z. Y.; et al. (2017). . Zootaxa. 4306 (3): 339–369. doi:.
  • Huber, B. A. (2011). . Bonner Zoologische Monographien. 58: 1–509.