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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Haplogynae
Superfamilia: Leptonetoidea

Familia: Telemidae
Genus: Mekonglema
Species: M. bailang – M. chiangmai – M. kaorao – M. walayaku – M. xinpingi – M. yan
Name

Mekonglema Zhao & Li in Zhao, Li & Zhang, 2020: 53

Type species: Mekonglema bailang
References
Primary references

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. Open access. Reference page.

Additional references

Lin, Y.J. Zhao, H.F., Koh. J.K.H. & Li, S.Q. 2022a. Taxonomy notes on twenty-eight spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia. Zoological Systematics 47(3): 198–270. DOI: 10.11865/zs.2022303. Paywall. Reference page.

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 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

"Gen. Mekonglema Zhao & Li, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-01.

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.

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