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 above the ground.
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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 above the ground.
==Species== 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)
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