Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893
Mecoloesthus/Mecolaesthus Simon, 1893b: 482. Type species: M. longissimus Simon, 1893.

Mecolaesthus -
Bonnet 1957: 2742. Huber 2000: 255. Huber & Villarreal 2020: 71-73. Osorio Moreno 2021: 1-68. Huber et al. 2023: 123-126.

Ayomania González-Sponga, 2005: 108; replacement for Falconia. Type species: Falconia multidenticulata
González-Sponga, 2003. SYN: Huber et al. 2014.
Carbonaria
González-Sponga, 2009: 2.
Type species: C. cordiformis González-Sponga, 2009. SYN: Huber et al. 2014.
Falconia
González-Sponga, 2003: 94. Preoccupied, see Ayomania.
Maimire González-Sponga, 2009: 4. Type species: M. tuberculosa González-Sponga, 2009. SYN: Huber et al. 2014.
Moraia
González-Sponga, 2011b: 43.
Type species: M. niquitanus González-Sponga, 2011. SYN: Huber et al. 2014.
Nasuta González-Sponga, 2009: 6. Type species: N. grandis González-Sponga, 2009. SYN: Huber et al. 2014.
Queliceria
González-Sponga, 2003: 96. Type species: Q. discrepantis González-Sponga, 2003. SYN: Huber & Villarreal 2020: 71.
Sanluisi González-Sponga, 2003: 100. Type species: S. puntiaguda González-Sponga, 2003. SYN: Huber et al. 2014.
Venezuela Kocak & Kemal, 2008: 4. Unjustified replacement name for Falconia; see Ayomania.

M. alegria Huber, 2020 @ZFMK
    Huber in Huber & Villarreal 2020: 137-139; f 476-478, 488-493, 1044; D(m,f) Venezuela (Falcón)

M. anzu Huber, 2023 @INABIO, ZFMK
    Huber in Huber et al. 2013: 126-132; f 4-7, 21-22; D(m,f) Ecuador

M. arepa Huber, 2020 @ZFMK
    Huber in Huber & Villarreal 2020: 130-133; f 433-434, 453-461, 468-470, 1044; D(m,f) Venezuela (Táchira)

M. arima Huber, 2000 @AMNH
    Huber 2000: 265; f 1060-1068; D(m) Trinidad

M. azulita Huber, 2000 @AMNH
    Huber 2000: 260; f 1034-1037; D(m) Venezuela (Mérida)

M. bienmesabe Huber, 2020 @ZFMK
    Huber in Huber & Villarreal 2020: 121-124; f 386-387, 410-417, 424-426, 1043; D(m,f) Venezuela (Lara)

M. cachapa Huber, 2020 @ZFMK
    Huber in Huber & Villarreal 2020: 145-149; f 508-509, 523-531, 548-550, 1046; D(m,f) Venezuela (Aragua)

M. chicha Huber, 2020 @ZFMK
    Huber in Huber & Villarreal 2020: 87-91; f 277-279, 283-290, 300-302, 1042; D(m,f) Venezuela (Mérida)

M. chuwitayo Huber, 2023 @QCAZ, ZFMK
    Huber in Huber et al. 2013: 143-146; f 18-20; D(m,f) Ecuador

M. cordiformis (González-Sponga, 2009) @CGS
   
González-Sponga 2009: 2-4 (Carbonaria c.); f 1a-j; D(m,f) Venezuela (Mérida)
   
Huber et al. 2014: 417-418; T to Mecolaesthus
   
Huber & Villarreal 2020: 84-87; f 215, 266-270, 274-276, 1042; R Venezuela (Mérida)

M. cornutus Huber, 2000 @AMNH
   
González-Sponga 1999:  160 (misidentified female of Priscula ulai); f 74-75; Venezuela (Mérida)
    Huber 2000: 262; f 1044-1047; D(m) Venezuela (Mérida)
    Huber & Villarreal 2020: 73-77; f 212-214, 220-228, 245-247, 254, 1042; D(m,f); B; R Venezuela (Mérida)

M. discrepantis (González-Sponga, 2003) @CGS
    González-Sponga 2003: 98-100 (Queliceria d.); f 4a-j; D(m,f) Venezuela (Trujillo)
    Huber & Villarreal 2020: 97-101; f 309-311, 321-330, 334-337, 1042; T from Queliceria; D(m,f); R Venezuela (Trujillo)

M. fallax Huber, 2020 @ZFMK
    Huber in Huber & Villarreal 2020: 157-160; f 556-559, 569-575, 579-581, 1045; D(m,f) Venezuela (Trujillo, Mérida, Lara)

M. grandis (González-Sponga, 2009) @CGS
    González-Sponga 2009: 6-8 (Nasuta grandis); f 3a-j; D(m,f) Venezuela (La Guaira)
   
Huber et al. 2014: 417-418; T to Mecolaesthus
 
   Huber & Villarreal 2020: 101-105; f 338-340, 346-355, 367, 373-375, 1043; D(m,f); R Venezuela (La Guaira, Aragua)

M. graphorn Huber, 2020 @ZFMK
    Huber in Huber & Villarreal 2020: 143-145; f 506-507, 510-522, 545-547, 1046; D(m,f) Venezuela (Aragua)

M. guasacaca Huber, 2020 @ZFMK
    Huber in Huber & Villarreal 2020: 149-150; f 532-544, 551-553, 1045; D(m,f) Venezuela (Falcón)

M. hoti Huber, 2000 @AMNH
    Huber 2000: 267; f 1069-1076; D(m) Venezuela (Amazonas)

M. lechosa Huber, 2020 @ZFMK
    Huber in Huber & Villarreal 2020: 127-130; f 429-432, 444-452, 465-467, 1044; D(m,f) Venezuela (Mérida)

M. lemniscatus (Simon, 1894) @MNHN
    Simon 1894: 520-521 (Psilochorus l.); D(m,f) St. Vincent
    Huber 1997e: 601-607 (Psilochorus l.); f 22a-d, 23a-b, 24a-e; D(m,f)
    Huber 1998c: 595 (Psilochorus l.); f 8b (copied from Huber 1997e)
    Huber 2000: 255; T from Psilochorus

M. limon Huber, 2020 @ZFMK
    Huber in Huber & Villarreal 2020: 160-161; f 582-593, 1046; D(m,f) Venezuela (La Guaira)

M. longipes Huber, 2020 @ZFMK
    Huber in Huber & Villarreal 2020: 117-120; f 384-385, 399-409, 421-423, 1043; D(m,f) Venezuela (Mérida)

M. longissimus Simon, 1893 @MNHN
    Simon 1893a: 320-321; D(m,f) Venezuela (Aragua)
    Simon 1893b: 479-482; f 439, 443, 469; D
    Caporiacco 1955: 299; R Venezuela (Aragua)
    Huber 1997e: 588-591; f 12a-e, 13a-d; D(m,f)
    Huber 1998c: 595; f 8l
    Huber 2000: 256, 342; f 79, 136, 180, 1014-1023; D(m,f); R Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo, Miranda)
    Huber 2005f: 573-581; f 1-8; B; R Venezuela (Aragua)
    González-Sponga 2010: 18-20; pl 4, f 1-11; D(m,f); R Venezuela (La Guaira, Miranda)
    Huber & Villarreal 2020: 139-143; 494-505, 1021, 1045; D(m,f); B; R Venezuela (Aragua, La Guaira, Anzoátegui, Miranda)

M. misahualli Huber, 2023 @INABIO, ZFMK
    Huber in Huber et al. 2013: 132-137; f 8c-e, 12-14; D(m,f) Ecuador

M. mucuy Huber, 2000 @AMNH
    Huber 2000: 258; f 1024-1033; D(m) Venezuela (Mérida)
    Huber & Villarreal 2020: 79-82; f 216-217, 238-244, 251-253, 256, 1042; D(m,f); B; R Venezuela (Mérida)

M. multidenticulatus (González-Sponga, 2003) @CGS
   
González-Sponga, 2003: 96-98 (Falconia multidenticulata); f 3a-j; D(m,f) Venezuela (Falcón)
   
González-Sponga, 2005: 108; Ayomania m. (new replacement name)
    Ko
çak & Kemal 2008: 4; Venezuela m. (new replacement name)
    Huber et al. 2014: 417-418; T to Mecolaesthus
   
Huber & Villarreal 2020: 105-108; f 341-343, 356-364, 368, 376-378, 1043; D(m,f); R Venezuela (Falcón)

M. nigrifrons (Simon, 1894) @MNHN
    Simon 1894: 519-520 (Psilochorus n.); f 1; D(m) St. Vincent

    Huber 1997e: 607-608 (Psilochorus n.); f 25a-d, 26a-b, 27a-e; D(m,f)

    Huber 2000: 255; T from Psilochorus

M. niquitanus (González-Sponga, 2011) @CGS
    González-Sponga 2011b: 43 (Moraia niquitanus); pl. 5, f 1-10; D(m,f) Venezuela (Trujillo)
    Huber et al. 2014: 417-418; T to Mecolaesthus
   
Huber & Villarreal 2020:  113-117; f 382-383, 388-389, 418-420, 1043; D(m,f); R Venezuela (Trujillo, Lara)

M. parchita Huber, 2020 @ZFMK
    Huber in Huber & Villarreal 2020: 91-94; f 280-282, 291-299, 303-305, 1042; D(m,f) Venezuela (Mérida)

M. peckorum Huber, 2000 @AMNH
    Huber 2000: 261; f 1038-1039; D(m) Venezuela (Mérida)
    Huber & Villarreal 2020: 77-79; f 229-237, 248-250, 255, 1042; D(m,f); R Venezuela (Mérida)

M. piedras Huber, 2020 @ZFMK
    Huber in Huber & Villarreal 2020: 94-97; f 306-308, 312-320, 331-333, 1042; D(m,f) Venezuela (Mérida)

M. puntiagudus (González-Sponga, 2003) @CGS
    González-Sponga 2003: 101-103 (Sanluisi puntiaguda); f 5a-j; D(m,f) Venezuela
   
Huber et al. 2014: 417-418; T to Mecolaesthus

M. pusillus Huber, 2020 @ZFMK
    Huber in Huber & Villarreal 2020: 133-137; f 471-475, 479-487, 1044; D(m,f) Venezuela (Aragua)

M. putumayo Huber, 2000 @MCZ
    Huber 2000: 264; f 1055-1059; D(m) Colombia (Putumayo)
    Huber et al. 2023: 132; f 8a-b,  9-11; D(m,f); R Ecuador

M. quasimodo Huber, 2023 @INABIO, ZFMK
    Huber in Huber et al. 2013: 137-143; f 8f-h, 15-17; D(m,f) Ecuador

(M. signatus Banks, 1914: see Modisimus s.)

M. tabay Huber, 2000 @AMNH
    Huber 2000: 261; f 1040-1043; D(m) Venezuela (Mérida)
    Huber & Villarreal 2020: 82-84; f 218-219, 257-265, 271-273, 1042; D(m,f); R Venezuela (Mérida)

M. taino Huber, 2000 @AMNH
    Huber 2000: 267, 342; f 1077-1089; D(m,f) Guadeloupe, Dominica

M. trampa Huber, 2020 @ZFMK
    Huber in Huber & Villarreal 2020: 124-127; f 427-428, 435-443, 462-464, 1044; D(m,f) Venezuela (Táchira)

M. tuberculosus (González-Sponga, 2009) @CGS
    González-Sponga 2009: 4-6 (Maimire tuberculosa); f 2a-j; D(m,f) Venezuela (Yaracuy)
    Huber et al. 2014: 417-418; T to Mecolaesthus
   
Huber & Villarreal 2020: 108-113; f 344-345, 365-366, 369-372, 379-381, 1043; D(m,f); R Venezuela (Yaracuy, Falcón)

M. yawaperi Huber, 2000 @MCZ
    Huber 2000: 263; f 1048-1054; D(m) Brazil (Amazonas)

M. yerbatero Huber, 2020 @ZFMK
    Huber in Huber & Villarreal 2020: 153-155; f 554-555, 560-568, 576-578, 1045; D(m,f) Venezuela (Mérida)