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Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region Cauca Department (Region Andina, Colombia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
39
79
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
34
72
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
20
55
71
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
19
53
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
16
47
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
16
47
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
32
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
5
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cauca Department
5 Genera with 15 Species
Chrysometa Simon, 19867SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1908Orchard Spider And Allies5SpeciesTaxom
Metabus O. P.-Cambridge, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1767Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cauca Department
15 Species
Chrysometa columbicola Embrik Strand, 1916
Chrysometa ecarup Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa malkini Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa nigrovittata Eugen von Ke..., 1865
Chrysometa pilimbala Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa sondo Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa uaza Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Glenognatha globosa Petrunkevitch, 1925Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge argyrobapta (White, 1841)⇒ Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841
Leucauge caucaensis Embrik Strand, 1908
Leucauge lehmannella Embrik Strand, 1908
Leucauge popayanensis Embrik Strand, 1908
Leucauge semiventris Embrik Strand, 1908
Metabus ocellatus Eugen von Ke..., 1864Longjawed orb weavers
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Cauca Department
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
1
1
Genus
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