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Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region Cape Verde (Macaronesia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
125
357
535
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
100
315
483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
51
237
392
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
48
233
388
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
41
223
375
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
41
223
375
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
73
152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
8
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape Verde
8 Genera with 16 Species
Azilia Keyserling, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Chrysometa Simon, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Homalometa Simon, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1842Orchard Spider And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Meta C. L. Koch, 1865Cave Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1986Banana spiders6SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1994Four-jawed spider4SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Verde
16 Species
Azilia hispaniolensis J. Wunderlich, 1988
Chrysometa cornuta Bryant, 1945
Cyrtognatha weitschati J. Wunderlich, 1988
Homalometa fossilis J. Wunderlich, 1988
Leucauge argyra Walckenaer, 1842Longjawed orb weavers
Meta maculata Blackwall, 1865
Nephila breviembolus J. Wunderlich, 1986
Nephila dommeli J. Wunderlich, 1982
Nephila furca J. Wunderlich, 1986
Nephila longembolus J. Wunderlich, 1986
Nephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842Banded Golden Orb Spider
Nephila tenuis J. Wunderlich, 1986
Tetragnatha maculata Blackwall, 1865
Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898
Tetragnatha tenuissima Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha torrensis Schmidt & Pi..., 1994

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Cape Verde
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNephilinae
Simon, 1894
Golden orb weavers, Large-jawed spiders
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Tetragnathidae at artfakta.se
Tetragnathidae at biodiversity.org.au
Tetragnathidae at dyntaxa.se
Tetragnathidae at gbif.org
Tetragnathidae at irmng.org
Tetragnathidae at itis.gov