Poole, Karen E.
Melloina
Sign in to saveMelloina is a genus of baldlegged spiders that was first described by Paolo Marcello Brignoli in 1985. Its five described species are found in Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela.
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It sits within the topics Mygalomorphae genera, Paratropididae and Spiders of Central America.
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KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilySerrasalmidae
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- Paratropididae
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Melloina is a genus of baldlegged spiders that was first described by Paolo Marcello Brignoli in 1985. Its five described species are found in Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela.
==Systematics== Previously grouped under Theraphosidae and Paratropididae, this genus was placed in the monotypic family Melloinidae in 2025.
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