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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
204
776
1878
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
173
674
1641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
64
434
1179
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
61
426
1159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
52
387
1070
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
52
387
1070
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
10
133
428
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
12
51
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Costa Rica
12 Genera with 51 Species
Azilia Keyserling, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Chrysometa Simon, 188313SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 19364SpeciesTaxom
Homalometa Simon, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841Orchard Spider And Allies8SpeciesTaxom
Mecynometa Simon, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Metabus O. P.-Cambridge, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1778Banana spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Opas O. P.-Cambridge, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1889Four-jawed spider14SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Costa Rica
51 Species and 1 Subspecies
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 craigae Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa flava Octavius Pic..., 1894
Chrysometa heredia Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa muerte Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa nuboso Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa poas Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa satura Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed orb weavers
Chrysometa serachui Herbert W. Levi, 1986
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 pachygnathoides O. P.-Cambridge, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Dolichognatha pentagona Hentz, 1850Longjawed orb weavers
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Glenognatha mendezi Cabra-García..., 2016
Glenognatha minuta Banks, 1898
Glenognatha spherella Chamberlin &..., 1936
Homalometa chiriqui Herbert W. Levi, 1986Longjawed 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 fragilis Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge globosa O. Pickard-C..., 1889
Leucauge idonea Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge mariana Taczanowski, 1881Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
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
Opas caudacuta Taczanowski, 1873
Tetragnatha bogotensis Eugen von Ke..., 1865
Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha cognata Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha confraterna Banks, 1909Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha digitata Octavius Pic..., 1899Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha mexicana Eugen von Ke..., 1865Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha pallescens F. Octavius ..., 1903
Tetragnatha pallida (Octavius Pic..., 1889)⇒ Tetragnatha pallescens F. Octavius ..., 1903
Tetragnatha paradoxa Okuma, 1992Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha tenuis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha tenuissima Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha tristani Banks, 1909Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha tropica Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Costa Rica
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
3
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
4
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
3
21
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