Mecicobothrium

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Mecicobothrium

| image = Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Córdoba (20394365431).jpg

| image_caption = M. thorelli

| authority = Holmberg

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text.

}}

Mecicobothrium is a genus of dwarf tarantulas first described by Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg in 1882.{{cite journal| last=Holmberg| first=E. L.| year=1882| title=Observations à propos du sous-ordre des araignées territélaires (Territelariae), spécialement du genre nordaméricain Catadysas Hentz et de la sous-famille Mecicobothrioidae, Holmberg| journal=Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Córdoba| volume=4| pages=153–174}}

These spiders have three tarsal claws. The cephalic groove (fovea) is longitudinal. The abdomen has plates. The male palpal bulb lies in a long modified final joint. The posterior lateral spinnerets are very long, with the last joint whiplike.{{cite book |last1=Norman |first1=I. Platnick |author-link=Norman I. Platnick |date=2020 |title=Spiders of the World: A Natural History |location=London |publisher=Ivy Press |page=26 |isbn=978-1-78240-750-8}}