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Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region China (East Asia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
352
2196
11836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
315
2057
11495
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
83
1165
8297
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
78
1153
8277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
64
1097
7705
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
60
1076
7562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
10
434
2413
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
26
211
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for China
26 Genera with 211 Species
#DGHLMNOPSTW
Daohugopilio Huang & al., 20091SpeciesTaxom
Dianleucauge Song & Zhu, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Diphya Nicolet, 20148SpeciesTaxom
Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 20223SpeciesTaxom
Dyschiriognatha Simon, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Guizygiella Zhu, Kim & Song, 19966SpeciesTaxom
Herennia Thorell, 1881Coin spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Hubeiscorpio Walossek, Li..., 19901SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 2003Orchard Spider And Allies23SpeciesTaxom
Menosira Chikuni, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Mesida Kulczynski, 20033SpeciesTaxom
Meta C. L. Koch, 2020Cave Orb Weavers19SpeciesTaxom
Metellina Chamberlin &..., 20236SpeciesTaxom
Metleucauge Levi, 19065SpeciesTaxom
Nanningia Zhu, Kim & Song, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1793Banana spiders16SpeciesTaxom
Nephilengys L. Koch, 1881Hermit spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Okileucauge Tanikawa, 200310SpeciesTaxom
Opadometa Archer, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Orsinome Thorell, 18825SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 2003Thickjawed Orb Weavers11SpeciesTaxom
Sancus Tullgren, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 2013Four-jawed spider63SpeciesTaxom
Tylorida Simon, 18776SpeciesTaxom
Wolongia Zhu, Kim & Song, 199710SpeciesTaxom


Species list for China
211 Species and 2 Subspecies
Daohugopilio sheari D. Huang, 2009
Dianleucauge deelemanae Song & Zhu, 1994Pale leafcutting bee
Diphya guiyang J. S. Zhang ..., 2022
Diphya okumae Tanikawa, 1995
Diphya qianica Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Diphya songi Wu & Yang, 2010
Diphya taiwanica Tanikawa, 1995
Diphya tanasevitchi Zhang, Zhang..., 2003
Diphya weimiani J. S. Zhang ..., 2022
Diphya wulingensis Yu, Zhang & ..., 2014
Dolichognatha bannaensis Wang, Zhang ..., 2020
Dolichognatha umbrophila Tanikawa, 1991
Dolichognatha yue Lin & Li, 2022
Dyschiriognatha dentata Zhu & Wen, 1978
Dyschiriognatha tangi Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Glenognatha dentata Zhu & Wen, 1978
Glenognatha tangi Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Guizygiella guangxiensis Zhu & Zhang, 1993
Guizygiella haoyangi Yao & Liu, 2025
Guizygiella huahai Mi, Wang & Li, 2024
Guizygiella melanocrania Thorell, 1887
Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984
Guizygiella salta Yin & Gong, 1996
Herennia multipuncta Doleschall, 1859Ornamental tree trunk spider
Herennia ornatissima (Doleschall, 1859)⇒ Herennia papuana Tord Tamerla..., 1881
Herennia papuana Tord Tamerla..., 1881Golden cricket wasp
Hubeiscorpio gracilitarsus D. Walossek, 1990
Leucauge argentina Hasselt, 1882Sand bee
Leucauge blanda L. Koch, 1878
Leucauge celebesiana Walckenaer, 1842Black-striped orchard spider
Leucauge crucinota Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Leucauge decorata Blackwall, 1864
Leucauge granulata Walckenaer, 1842Silver Orb-weaver Spider
Leucauge liui Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Leucauge magnifica (Yaginuma, 1954)⇒ Leucauge celebesiana Walckenaer, 1842
Leucauge mammilla Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Leucauge nanshan Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Leucauge subblanda (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Leucauge celebesiana Walckenaer, 1842
Leucauge subgemmea Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Leucauge taiwanica Yoshida, 2009Steel-blue cricket hunter
Leucauge talagangiba Barrion, Bar..., 2013
Leucauge tanikawai Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Leucauge tengchongensis Wan & Peng, 2013
Leucauge tessellata Thorell, 1887
Leucauge tuberculata (Wang, 1991)⇒ Leucauge granulata Walckenaer, 1842
Leucauge wangi Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Leucauge wulingensis Song & Zhu, 1992
Leucauge xiaoen Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Leucauge xiuying Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Leucauge zizhong Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Menosira ornata Chikuni, 1955
Mesida gemmea Hasselt, 1882
Mesida yangbi Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Mesida yini Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Meta bowo Wang, Irfan,..., 2022
Meta cona Wang, Irfan,..., 2022
Meta gyirong Wang, Irfan,..., 2022
Meta hamata Wang, Zhou, ..., 2020
Meta hongyuan Wang, Irfan,..., 2022
Meta longlingensis Wang, Zhou, ..., 2020
Meta menardi Latreille, 1804Cave orbweaver
Meta mixta O. P.-Cambridge, 1885
Meta nebulosa Schenkel, 1936
Meta nigridorsalis Tanikawa, 1994
Meta ornata (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Meta qianshanensis Zhu & Zhu, 1983
Meta shenae Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Meta tangi Wang, Zhou, ..., 2020
Meta tibet Wang, Irfan,..., 2022
Meta wanglang Wang, Irfan,..., 2022
Meta weining Wang, Irfan,..., 2022
Meta yani Wang, Zhou, ..., 2020
Meta yinae Wang, Zhou, ..., 2020
Metellina kirgisica Bakhvalov, 1974
Metellina mengei Blackwall, 1870
Metellina merianae Scopoli, 1763
Metellina ornata Chikuni, 1955
Metellina segmentata Clerck, 1757Autumn spider
Metellina tangchao Lin & Yang, 2023
Metleucauge chikunii Tanikawa, 1992
Metleucauge davidi Schenkel, 1963
Metleucauge kompirensis (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Metleucauge chikunii Tanikawa, 1992
Metleucauge minuta Yin, 2012
Metleucauge yunohamensis Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Nanningia zhangi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997
Nephila antipodiana Walckenaer, 1842Batik Golden Orb Weaver
Nephila aurosa (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila chrysogaster (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila clavata L. Koch, 1878Jorō Spider
Nephila fuscipes (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila jurassica (Selden, Shih..., 2011)⇒ Mongolarachne jurassica Selden, Shih..., 2011
Nephila laurinae (Tord Tamerla..., 1881)⇒ Nephila antipodiana Walckenaer, 1842
Nephila maculata (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila ornata (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila plumipes Latreille, 1804
Nephila pecuniosa (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793Giant golden orb weaver
Nephila plumipes Latreille, 1804Humped Golden Orb-weaving Spider
Nephila procera (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila submaculata (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila sulphurosa (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila tenuipes (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Nephilengys papuana Tord Tamerla..., 1881
Nephilengys papuana Tord Tamerla..., 1881Golden cricket wasp
Okileucauge elongata Zhao, Peng &..., 2012
Okileucauge elongatus Zhao , Peng ..., 2012
Okileucauge geminuscavum Chen & Zhu, 2009
Okileucauge gongshan Zhao , Peng ..., 2012
Okileucauge hainan Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Okileucauge nigricauda Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Okileucauge sasakii Tanikawa, 2001
Okileucauge tanikawai Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Okileucauge tibet Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Okileucauge yinae Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Opadometa fastigata Eugène Simon, 1877Pear shaped Leucauge
Opadometa grata Guérin, 1838
Orsinome daiqin Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Orsinome diporusa Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Orsinome jiarui Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Orsinome trappensis Schenkel, 1953
Orsinome vethi Hasselt, 1882
Pachygnatha amurensis Embrik Strand, 1907Carpenter bees
Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Pachygnatha degeeri Sundevall, 1830
Pachygnatha fengzhen Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Pachygnatha gaoi Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Pachygnatha listeri (Sundevall, 1830)⇒ Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Pachygnatha quadrimaculata Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Pachygnatha shengtangensis Huang, Wu, Y..., 2024
Pachygnatha tenera Karsch, 1879Uinta sandwort
Pachygnatha unciniformis Huang, Wu, Y..., 2024
Pachygnatha zhui Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Sancus fuligo subfasciatus Moore, 1878
Tetragnatha aenea Cantor, 1842
Tetragnatha bandapula Barrion-Dupo..., 2013
Tetragnatha bifurcata Li & Liu, 2022
Tetragnatha bimaculata Li & Liu, 2022
Tetragnatha bituberculata L. Koch, 1867
Tetragnatha bogotensis Eugen von Ke..., 1865
Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha bryantae Roewer, 1951San Diego bird's-foot trefoil
Tetragnatha caudicula Karsch, 1879
Tetragnatha cavaleriei Schenkel, 1963
Tetragnatha ceylonica Octavius Pic..., 1869
Tetragnatha chauliodus Thorell, 1890
Tetragnatha cheni Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Tetragnatha chinensis Ralph Vary C..., 1924
Tetragnatha chiyokoae Castanheira ..., 2020
Tetragnatha esakii Okuma, 1988
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha filipes Schenkel, 1936
Tetragnatha geniculata Karsch, 1891
Tetragnatha gongshan Zhao & Peng, 2010
Tetragnatha gracilis (Bryant, 1923)⇒ Tetragnatha ceylonica Octavius Pic..., 1869
Tetragnatha gui Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Tetragnatha hasselti Thorell, 1890Sand bee
Tetragnatha heongi Barrion & Ba..., 2011
Tetragnatha hiroshii Okuma, 1988
Tetragnatha jaculator Tullgren, 1910
Tetragnatha javana (Thorell, 1890)⇒ Tetragnatha caudicula Karsch, 1879
Tetragnatha keyserlingi Eugène Simon, 1890
Tetragnatha laochenga Barrion, Bar..., 2013
Tetragnatha lauta Yaginuma, 1959
Tetragnatha mandibulata (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Tetragnatha kochi Thorell, 1895
Tetragnatha maxillosa Thorell, 1895
Tetragnatha mengsongica Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874Shadow Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha nandan Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Tetragnatha nepaeformis Doleschall, 1859
Tetragnatha nigrita Lendl, 1886Dark Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898
Tetragnatha parva (Badcock, 1932)⇒ Tetragnatha bryantae Roewer, 1951
Tetragnatha pinicola (L. Koch, 1870)⇒ Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1842
Tetragnatha plena Ralph Vary C..., 1924
Tetragnatha praedonia (L. Koch, 1878)⇒ Tetragnatha sociella Ralph Vary C..., 1924
Tetragnatha pseudonitens Barrion, Bar..., 2013
Tetragnatha qiuae Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Tetragnatha reni Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Tetragnatha retinens Ralph Vary C..., 1924
Tetragnatha serra Doleschall, 1857
Tetragnatha shanghaiensis Embrik Strand, 1907Carpenter bees
Tetragnatha shoshone Herbert W. Levi, 1981
Tetragnatha sociella Ralph Vary C..., 1924
Tetragnatha squamata Karsch, 1879Uinta sandwort
Tetragnatha streichi Embrik Strand, 1907Carpenter bees
Tetragnatha subesakii Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Tetragnatha suoan Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Tetragnatha tortilis Li & Liu, 2022
Tetragnatha trichodes trichodes Thorell, 1878
Tetragnatha yesoensis Saito, 1934
Tetragnatha yinae Zhao & Peng, 2010
Tetragnatha yongquiang Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Tetragnatha zhangfu Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Tetragnatha zhaoi Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Tetragnatha zhaoya Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Tetragnatha zhuzhenrongi Barrion, Bar..., 2013
Tylorida cylindrata Wang, 1991
Tylorida marmorea Pocock, 1901
Tylorida mengla Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Tylorida striata Thorell, 1877
Tylorida tianlin Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Tylorida ventralis Thorell, 1877
Wolongia bicruris Wan & Peng, 2013
Wolongia bimacroseta Wan & Peng, 2013
Wolongia erromera Wan & Peng, 2013
Wolongia foliacea Wan & Peng, 2013
Wolongia guoi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997
Wolongia mutica Wan & Peng, 2013
Wolongia odontodes Zhao, Yin & ..., 2009Long-spined sea urchin
Wolongia renaria Wan & Peng, 2013
Wolongia tetramacroseta Wan & Peng, 2013
Wolongia wangi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in China
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
6
45
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
6
42
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNephilinae
Simon, 1894
Golden orb weavers, Large-jawed spiders
3
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
4
78
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