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Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region Colombia (Northern South America)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
287
1199
2939
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
239
988
2505
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
66
617
1995
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
61
604
1962
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
49
543
1802
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
49
543
1802
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
9
176
803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
15
89
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Colombia
15 Genera with 89 Species
Azilia Keyserling, 1881
0SpeciesTaxom
Chrysometa Simon, 188349SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Diphya Nicolet, 1849
0SpeciesTaxom
Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 19367SpeciesTaxom
Homalometa Simon, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1916Orchard Spider And Allies14SpeciesTaxom
Mecynometa Simon, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Metabus O. P.-Cambridge, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1772Banana spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Nephilengys L. Koch, 1775Hermit spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Nephilingis Kuntner, 18632SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1845Thickjawed Orb Weavers2SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1826Four-jawed spider6SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Colombia
89 Species and 1 Subspecies
Chrysometa adelis Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa alajuela Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa alboguttata Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa antonio Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa aureola Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Chrysometa bigibbosa Eugen von Ke..., 1864
Chrysometa bolivia Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa boquete Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa buenaventura Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa buga Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa cali Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa calima Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa carmelo Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa cebolleta Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa columbicola Embrik Strand, 1916
Chrysometa digua Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa domachui
Chrysometa donachui Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa eberhardi Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa ecarup Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa fidelia Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa flava Octavius Pic..., 1894
Chrysometa guttata Eugen von Ke..., 1881
Chrysometa huila Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa incachaca Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa keyserlingi Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa kochalkai Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa magdalena Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa malkini Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa marta Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa muerte Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa niebla Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa nigroventris Eugen von Ke..., 1879Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa nigrovittata Eugen von Ke..., 1865
Chrysometa nuevagranada Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa pilimbala Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa purace Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa rubromaculata Eugen von Ke..., 1864Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa saladito Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa schneblei Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa serachui Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa sevillano Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa sondo Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa tenuipes Eugen von Ke..., 1864
Chrysometa uaza Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa unicolor Eugen von Ke..., 1881Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa valle Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa yotoco Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa zelotypa Eugen von Ke..., 1883Longjawed orb weavers
Cyrtognatha catia Dimitrov & H..., 2009
Cyrtognatha nigrovittata Keyserling, 1881
Dolichognatha pentagona Hentz, 1850Longjawed orb weavers
Glenognatha caparu Cabra-García..., 2016
Glenognatha florezi Cabra-Garcí..., 2016
Glenognatha gaujoni Eugène Simon, 1895
Glenognatha globosa Petrunkevitch, 1925Longjawed orb weavers
Glenognatha mendezi Cabra-García..., 2016
Glenognatha patriceae Cabra-Garcí..., 2016
Glenognatha spherella Chamberlin &..., 1936
Leucauge argentea Eugen von Ke..., 1865Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge argyra Walckenaer, 1842Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge argyrobapta (White, 1841)⇒ Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841
Leucauge behemoth Ferreira-Sou..., 2023
Leucauge caucaensis Embrik Strand, 1908
Leucauge globosa O. Pickard-C..., 1889
Leucauge idonea Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge lehmannella Embrik Strand, 1908
Leucauge mariana Taczanowski, 1881Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge popayanensis Embrik Strand, 1908
Leucauge pulcherrima Eugen von Ke..., 1865
Leucauge semiventris Embrik Strand, 1908
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
Leucauge venustella (Strand, 1916)⇒ Leucauge mariana Taczanowski, 1881
Mecynometa globosa Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Metabus debilis Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Metabus ocellatus Eugen von Ke..., 1864Longjawed orb weavers
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Nephila clavipes fasciculata De Geer, 1778
Nephila cornuta Pallas, 1772
Nephilengys cruentata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Nephilingis livida Vinson, 1863
Nephilingis cruentata Fabricius, 1775African Hermit Spider
Nephilingis livida Vinson, 1863Madagascar Hermit Spider
Pachygnatha listeri (Sundevall, 1830)⇒ Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Pachygnatha tristriata C. L. Koch, 1845
Tetragnatha bogotensis Eugen von Ke..., 1865
Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer, 1842Elongate stilt spider
Tetragnatha linearis Nicolet, 1849Lance-leaf stonecrop
Tetragnatha mandibulata (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Tetragnatha kochi Thorell, 1895
Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Colombia
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
3
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
5
52
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNephilinae
Simon, 1894
Golden orb weavers, Large-jawed spiders
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
4
17
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