Melloina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Melloina Brignoli, 1985[1] |
Type species | |
M. gracilis (Schenkel, 1953)
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Species | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Melloina is a genus of baldlegged spiders that was first described by Paolo Marcello Brignoli in 1985.[3] As of June 2019[update] it contains only three species, found only in Panama and Venezuela: M. gracilis, M. rickwesti, and M. santuario.[1]