Long-jawed orb weaver
| Long-jawed orb weaver | |
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Metellina mengei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866[1] |
| Genera | |
See text. | |
Diversity | |
52 genera, 955 species | |
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Female Tetragnatha montana, in Oxfordshire
Play mediaMating behaviour of Tetragnatha montana
Opadometa fastigata in Kerala
The long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (family Tetragnathidae) are elongated spiders with long legs and chelicerae.
The spiders are orb web weavers, weaving small orb webs with an open hub and few, wide-set radii and spirals. The webs have no signal line and no retreat. Some species are often found in long vegetation near water.[2]
Contents
1 Systematics
1.1 Fossil genera
1.2 Formerly placed here
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Systematics
As of September 2018[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following extant genera:[1]
Alcimosphenus Simon, 1895
Allende Álvarez-Padilla, 2007
Antillognatha Bryant, 1945
Atelidea Simon, 1895
Azilia Keyserling, 1881
Chrysometa Simon, 1894
Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 1881
Dianleucauge Song & Zhu, 1994
Diphya Nicolet, 1849
Dolichognatha O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869
Doryonychus Simon, 1900
Dyschiriognatha Simon, 1893
Eryciniolia Strand, 1912
Glenognatha Simon, 1887
Guizygiella Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997
Hispanognatha Bryant, 1945
Homalometa Simon, 1898
Leucauge White, 1841
Mecynometa Simon, 1894
Mesida Kulczy?ski, 1911
Meta C. L. Koch, 1836
Metabus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899
Metellina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941
Metleucauge Levi, 1980
Mitoscelis Thorell, 1890
Mollemeta Álvarez-Padilla, 2007
Nanningia Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997
Nanometa Simon, 1908
Nediphya Marusik & Omelko, 2017
Neoprolochus Reimoser, 1927
Okileucauge Tanikawa, 2001
Opadometa Archer, 1951
Opas O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896
Orsinome Thorell, 1890
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1823
Parameta Simon, 1895
Parazilia Lessert, 1938
Pholcipes Schmidt & Krause, 1993
Pickardinella Archer, 1951
Pinkfloydia Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2011
Sancus Tullgren, 1910
Schenkeliella Strand, 1934
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804
Timonoe Thorell, 1898
Tylorida Simon, 1894
Wolongia Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997
Zhinu Kallal & Hormiga, 2018
Zygiometella Wunderlich, 1995
Fossil genera
Several extinct, fossil genera have been described:[3]
- †Anameta Wunderlich, 2004 (Palaeogene, Bitterfield and Baltic amber)
- †Balticgnatha Wunderlich, 2004 (Palaeogene, Baltic amber)
- †Corneometa Wunderlich, 2004 (Palaeogene, Baltic amber)
- †Eometa Petrunkevitch, 1958 (Palaeogene, Baltic amber)
- †Huergnina Selden & Penney, 2003 (Cretaceous, Las Hoyas, Spain)
- †Macryphantes Selden, 1990 (Cretaceous)
- †Palaeometa Petrunkevitch, 1922 (Palaeogene, Florissant)
- †Palaeopachygnatha Petrunkevitch, 1922 (Palaeogene, Florissant)
- †Priscometa Petrunkevitch, 1958 (Palaeogene, Baltic amber)
- †Samlandicmeta Wunderlich, 2012 (Palaeogene, Baltic amber)
Formerly placed here
Deliochus Simon, 1894 – now in Araneidae
Menosira Chikuni, 1955 – now a synonym of Metellina
Phonognatha Simon, 1894 – now in Araneidae
Prolochus Thorell, 1895 – see Dolichognatha
See also
- List of Tetragnathidae species
- Spider families
References
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^ Kindall; et al. (2005). Arachnidae: An Encyclopedia. San Diego, CA: Random House. p. 567.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link)
^ Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2018. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch, version 19.0, accessed on 7 October 2018.
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- Chickering, A.M. (1963). The Male of Mecynometa globosa (O. P.-Cambridge) (Araneae, Argiopidae). Psyche 70:180–183. PDF
External links
- Tree of Life Tetragnathidae
Tatragnatha sp. Large format diagnostic photographs and information- Reference Photos: Tetragnatha laboriosa
- Venusta Orchard Spider - Family Tetragnathidae
Pictures of Tetragnatha sp. (free for noncommercial use)
