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Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region Ethiopia (East Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
110
404
941
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
92
331
792
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
42
251
671
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
41
250
669
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
36
240
643
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
35
239
642
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
51
103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
8
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ethiopia
8 Genera with 18 Species
Glenognatha Simon, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1863Orchard Spider And Allies6SpeciesTaxom
Meta C. L. Koch, 1883Cave Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Metellina Chamberlin &..., 18831SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1842Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1906Thickjawed Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Parameta Simon, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1940Four-jawed spider6SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ethiopia
18 Species
Glenognatha argyrostilba O. Pickard-C..., 1876
Leucauge abbajae Strand, 1907Carpenter bees
Leucauge abyssinica Strand, 1907Carpenter bees
Leucauge camelina Caporiacco, 1940
Leucauge festiva Blackwall, 1866
Leucauge levanderi Kulczynski, 1901
Leucauge undulata Vinson, 1863
Meta longipalpis Pavesi, 1883
Metellina longipalpis Pavesi, 1883
Nephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842Banded Golden Orb Spider
Pachygnatha africana Embrik Strand, 1906
Parameta defecta Embrik Strand, 1906
Tetragnatha cephalothoracis Embrik Strand, 1906
Tetragnatha jubensis Pavesi, 1895
Tetragnatha lamperti Embrik Strand, 1906
Tetragnatha obscuriceps Caporiacco, 1940
Tetragnatha paludis Caporiacco, 1940
Tetragnatha sidama Caporiacco, 1940

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Ethiopia
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
3
8
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