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Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region Iran (Near East)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
154
640
1616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
132
546
1394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
52
338
1035
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
51
337
1034
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
44
325
999
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
43
324
998
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
100
225
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
4
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Iran
4 Genera with 15 Species
Meta C. L. Koch, 1804Cave Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Metellina Chamberlin &..., 17574SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1830Thickjawed Orb Weavers3SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1981Four-jawed spider8SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Iran
15 Species and 1 Subspecies
Meta menardi Latreille, 1804Cave orbweaver
Metellina mengei Blackwall, 1870
Metellina merianae Scopoli, 1763
Metellina orientalis Spassky, 1932
Metellina segmentata Clerck, 1757Autumn spider
Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Pachygnatha clerckoides Wunderlich, 1985
Pachygnatha degeeri Sundevall, 1830
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha extensa maracandica Charitonov, 1951
Tetragnatha isidis Eugène Simon, 1880
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 shoshone Herbert W. Levi, 1981

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Iran
SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
2
10
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