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Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region Germany (North Europe)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
374
1564
5508
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
327
1444
5249
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
84
608
2016
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
71
588
1989
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
59
567
1920
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
58
565
1917
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
11
286
996
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
10
34
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Germany
10 Genera with 34 Species
Anameta Wunderlich, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Eucta Simon, 1881
0SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Guizygiella Zhu, Kim & Song, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1903Orchard Spider And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Meta C. L. Koch, 1757Cave Orb Weavers6SpeciesTaxom
Metellina Chamberlin &..., 17573SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1842Banana spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1830Thickjawed Orb Weavers3SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842Four-jawed spider15SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Germany
34 Species and 3 Subspecies
Anameta distenda J. Wunderlich, 2004
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984
Leucauge linyphia Eugène Simon, 1903
Meta bourneti Simon, 1922
Meta manchurica Marusik & Ko..., 1992
Meta menardi Latreille, 1804Cave orbweaver
Meta mengei Blackwall, 1870
Meta ovalis Gertsch, 1933Eastern Cave Long-Jawed Spider
Meta segmentata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Metleucauge yunohamensis Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Metellina mengei Blackwall, 1870
Metellina merianae Scopoli, 1763
Metellina segmentata Clerck, 1757Autumn spider
Nephila edulis Labillardière, 1799Australian Golden Orb Weaver
Nephila inaurata madagascariensis Vinson, 1863Red-legged golden orb-web spider
Nephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842Banded Golden Orb Spider
Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Pachygnatha degeeri Sundevall, 1830
Pachygnatha listeri (Sundevall, 1830)⇒ Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Tetragnatha americana Eugène Simon, 1905
Tetragnatha dearmata Thorell, 1873
Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer, 1842Elongate stilt spider
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874Shadow Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha nigrita Lendl, 1886Dark Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha obtusa C. L. Koch, 1837Blunt Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha pinicola (L. Koch, 1870)⇒ Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1842
Tetragnatha reimoseri Rosca, 1939
Tetragnatha shoshone Herbert W. Levi, 1981
Tetragnatha straminea Emerton, 1884
Tetragnatha strandi melanogaster Schmidt & Kr..., 1993
Tetragnatha striata L. Koch, 1862Striped Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha trichodes trichodes Thorell, 1878
Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1842Green Long-Jawed Spider

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

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNephilinae
Simon, 1894
Golden orb weavers, Large-jawed spiders
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
3
19
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