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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
99
329
668
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
77
279
575
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
53
243
530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
49
234
502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
42
215
466
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
42
215
466
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
9
84
170
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
13
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Dominican Republic
13 Genera with 31 Species
Agriognatha O. P.-Cambri..., 19453SpeciesTaxom
Alcimosphenus Simon, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Antillognatha Bryant, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Azilia Keyserling, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Chrysometa Simon, 19864SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 19883SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Hispanognatha Bryant, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Homalometa Simon, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1897Orchard Spider And Allies2SpeciesTaxom
Metabus O. P.-Cambridge, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1882Banana spiders7SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1889Four-jawed spider4SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Dominican Republic
31 Species
Agriognatha argyra (Bryant, 1945)⇒ Cyrtognatha rucilla Bryant, 1945
Agriognatha espanola (Bryant, 1945)⇒ Cyrtognatha espanola Bryant, 1945
Agriognatha rucilla (Bryant, 1945)⇒ Cyrtognatha rucilla Bryant, 1945
Alcimosphenus bifurcatus (Petrunkevitch, 1910)⇒ Alcimosphenus licinus Eugène Simon, 1895
Alcimosphenus licinus Eugène Simon, 1895
Antillognatha lucida Bryant, 1945
Azilia hispaniolensis J. Wunderlich, 1988
Chrysometa cornuta Bryant, 1945
Chrysometa maculata Bryant, 1945
Chrysometa obscura Bryant, 1945
Chrysometa sabana Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Cyrtognatha espanola Bryant, 1945
Cyrtognatha rucilla Bryant, 1945
Cyrtognatha weitschati J. Wunderlich, 1988
Glenognatha minuta Banks, 1898
Hispanognatha guttata Bryant, 1945
Homalometa fossilis J. Wunderlich, 1988
Leucauge argyra Walckenaer, 1842Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge regnyi Eugène Simon, 1897
Metabus ebanoverde Álvarez-Pad..., 2007Longjawed orb weavers
Nephila breviembolus J. Wunderlich, 1986
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Nephila dommeli J. Wunderlich, 1982
Nephila furca J. Wunderlich, 1986
Nephila longembolus J. Wunderlich, 1986
Nephila tenuis J. Wunderlich, 1986
Nephila urna Hasselt, 1882
Tetragnatha festina (Bryant, 1945)⇒ Tetragnatha tenuissima Octavius Pic..., 1889
Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898
Tetragnatha pristina W. Schawaller, 1982
Tetragnatha tenuissima Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Dominican Republic
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNephilinae
Simon, 1894
Golden orb weavers, Large-jawed spiders
1
7
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
6
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