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Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region Cuba (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
194
630
1337
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
161
532
1131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
61
331
755
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
56
313
674
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
49
292
605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
49
292
605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
8
89
161
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
12
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cuba
12 Genera with 19 Species
Agriognatha O. P.-Cambri..., 19401SpeciesTaxom
Alcimosphenus Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Azilia Keyserling, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Chrysometa Simon, 19302SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Homalometa Simon, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1940Orchard Spider And Allies4SpeciesTaxom
Meta C. L. Koch, 1930Cave Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1767Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1898Four-jawed spider2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cuba
19 Species and 1 Subspecies
Agriognatha simoni (Bryant, 1940)⇒ Cyrtognatha simoni Bryant, 1940
Alcimosphenus licinus Eugène Simon, 1895
Azilia montana Bryant, 1940
Chrysometa distincta Bryant, 1940
Chrysometa linguiformis Franganillo, 1930
Cyrtognatha simoni Bryant, 1940
Dolichognatha tigrina Eugène Simon, 1893
Glenognatha argyrostilba O. Pickard-C..., 1876
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Glenognatha minuta Banks, 1898
Homalometa nigritarsis Eugène Simon, 1897Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge argyra Walckenaer, 1842Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge pinarensis Franganillo, 1930
Leucauge pulcherrima ochrerufa Franganillo, 1930
Leucauge spiculosa Bryant, 1940
Meta serrana Franganillo, 1930
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Tetragnatha franganilloi Brignoli, 1983
Tetragnatha orizaba Banks, 1898

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Cuba
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
4
7
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