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Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region Central America (America)


Class
 		Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids		411
1948
7786		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
364
1708
6751		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 		Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
75
777
4213		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders		69
744
4052		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders		57
671
3759		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
57
671
3759		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
10
184
1135		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider		17
103		Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central America
17 Genera with 103 Species
Agriognatha O. P.-Cambri..., 19561SpeciesTaxom
Azilia Keyserling, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Chrysometa Simon, 188323SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 20096SpeciesTaxom
Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 19367SpeciesTaxom
Homalometa Simon, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841Orchard Spider And Allies20SpeciesTaxom
Mecynometa Simon, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Metabus O. P.-Cambridge, 18644SpeciesTaxom
Metargyra F. O. P.-Cam..., 18891SpeciesTaxom
Metellina Chamberlin &..., 1941
0SpeciesTaxom
Mimicosa Petrunkevitch, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1778Banana spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Nephilengys L. Koch, 1775Hermit spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Opas O. P.-Cambridge, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842Four-jawed spider29SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central America
103 Species and 1 Subspecies
Agriognatha insolita (Chickering, 1956)⇒ Cyrtognatha insolita Chickering, 1956
Azilia affinis Octavius Pic..., 1893Longjawed orb weavers
Azilia guatemalensis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Chrysometa alajuela Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa alboguttata Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa bella Banks, 1909Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa boquete Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa brevipes Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa chipinque Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa craigae Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa decolorata Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa digua Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa flava Octavius Pic..., 1894
Chrysometa heredia Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa lancetilla Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa muerte Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa nigroventris Eugen von Ke..., 1879Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa nuboso Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa palenque Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa poas Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa rubromaculata Eugen von Ke..., 1864Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa satura Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa serachui Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa unicolor Eugen von Ke..., 1881Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa universitaria Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa zelotypa Eugen von Ke..., 1883Longjawed orb weavers
Cyrtognatha bella O. P.-Cambridge, 1896Longjawed orb weavers
Cyrtognatha insolita Chickering, 1956Longjawed orb weavers
Cyrtognatha lepida O. P.-Cambridge, 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Cyrtognatha leviorum Dimitrov & H..., 2009Longjawed orb weavers
Cyrtognatha pachygnathoides O. P.-Cambridge, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Cyrtognatha pathetica Dimitrov & H..., 2009Longjawed orb weavers
Dolichognatha pentagona Hentz, 1850Longjawed orb weavers
Dolichognatha spinosa Petrunkevitch, 1939Longjawed orb weavers
Glenognatha centralis Ralph Vary C..., 1925Longjawed orb weavers
Glenognatha emertoni Eugène Simon, 1887
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Glenognatha globosa Petrunkevitch, 1925Longjawed orb weavers
Glenognatha mendezi Cabra-García..., 2016
Glenognatha minuta Banks, 1898
Glenognatha spherella Chamberlin &..., 1936
Homalometa chiriqui Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Homalometa nigritarsis Eugène Simon, 1897Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge acuminata Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge argentea Eugen von Ke..., 1865Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge argyra Walckenaer, 1842Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge argyrobapta (White, 1841)⇒ Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841
Leucauge aurostriata Octavius Pic..., 1897Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge curta Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge fragilis Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge gemminipunctata Chamberlin &..., 1936Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge globosa O. Pickard-C..., 1889
Leucauge idonea Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge linyphia Eugène Simon, 1903
Leucauge lugens (O. P.-Cambridge, 1896)⇒ Opas lugens Octavius Pic..., 1896
Leucauge mariana Taczanowski, 1881Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge moerens Octavius Pic..., 1896Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge polita Eugen von Ke..., 1893Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge rubripleura Cândido Firm..., 1947
Leucauge saphes Chamberlin &..., 1936Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge simplex F. Octavius ..., 1903
Leucauge synthetica Chamberlin &..., 1936Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
Mecynometa globosa Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Metabus conacyt Álvarez-Pad..., 2007Longjawed orb weavers
Metabus debilis Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Metabus ebanoverde Álvarez-Pad..., 2007Longjawed orb weavers
Metabus ocellatus Eugen von Ke..., 1864Longjawed orb weavers
Metargyra debilis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1889)⇒ Metabus debilis Octavius Pic..., 1889
Mimicosa spinosa (Petrunkevitch, 1925)⇒ Architis spinipes WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw ..., 1874
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Nephila clavipes fasciculata De Geer, 1778
Nephilengys cruentata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Nephilingis livida Vinson, 1863
Opas caudacuta Taczanowski, 1873
Opas lugens Octavius Pic..., 1896Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha bogotensis Eugen von Ke..., 1865
Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha cambridgei Roewer, 1942Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha caudata Emerton, 1884Longjawed Orb Weavers
Tetragnatha cognata Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha confraterna Banks, 1909Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha digitata Octavius Pic..., 1899Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha eberhardi Okuma, 1992Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer, 1842Elongate stilt spider
Tetragnatha ethodon Chamberlin &..., 1936Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha fragilis Chickering, 1957Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha gertschi Chickering, 1957Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha keyserlingi Eugène Simon, 1890
Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha mabelae Chickering, 1957Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha mandibulata (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Tetragnatha kochi Thorell, 1895
Tetragnatha mexicana Eugen von Ke..., 1865Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898
Tetragnatha pallescens F. Octavius ..., 1903
Tetragnatha pallida (Octavius Pic..., 1889)⇒ Tetragnatha pallescens F. Octavius ..., 1903
Tetragnatha paradoxa Okuma, 1992Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha sinuosa Chickering, 1957Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha tenuis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha tenuissima Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha tristani Banks, 1909Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha tropica Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha vermiformis Emerton, 1884
Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Central America
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
3
23		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
6
32		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyNephilinae
Simon, 1894
Golden orb weavers, Large-jawed spiders		2
2		Genera
Species
Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
5
44		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