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Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region Colorado (West USA, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
149
463
1108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
127
408
1008
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
55
303
902
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
53
301
900
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
46
287
866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
44
285
862
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
115
260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
8
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Colorado
8 Genera with 20 Species
Glenognatha Simon, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841Orchard Spider And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Metellina Chamberlin &..., 19411SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1885Banana spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1845Thickjawed Orb Weavers2SpeciesTaxom
Palaeometa Petrunkevitch, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Palaeopachygnatha Petrunkevitch, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842Four-jawed spider9SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Colorado
20 Species and 1 Subspecies
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Glenognatha spherella Chamberlin &..., 1936
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
Metellina mimetoides Chamberlin &..., 1941
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Nephila pennatipes Scudder, 1885
Pachygnatha dorothea McCook, 1894
Pachygnatha xanthostoma (C. L. Koch, 1845)⇒ Pachygnatha brevis Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Palaeometa opertanea S. H. Scudder, 1890
Palaeopachygnatha cockerelli A. I. Petrun..., 1922
Palaeopachygnatha scudderi A. I. Petrun..., 1922
Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer, 1842Elongate stilt spider
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha pallescens F. Octavius ..., 1903
Tetragnatha shoshone Herbert W. Levi, 1981
Tetragnatha tertiana Scudder, 1890
Tetragnatha tertiaria Scudder, 1885
Tetragnatha trichodes trichodes Thorell, 1878
Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Colorado
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNephilinae
Simon, 1894
Golden orb weavers, Large-jawed spiders
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
3
13
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