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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
99
285
473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
78
246
406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
47
201
341
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
44
194
330
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
40
185
320
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
40
185
320
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
10
68
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
8
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Jamaica
8 Genera with 24 Species
Agriognatha O. P.-Cambri..., 19561SpeciesTaxom
Antillognatha Bryant, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Chrysometa Simon, 19863SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 19873SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1916Orchard Spider And Allies2SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1767Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1957Four-jawed spider12SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Jamaica
24 Species
Agriognatha bryantae (Chickering, 1956)⇒ Cyrtognatha bryantae Chickering, 1956
Antillognatha lucida Bryant, 1945
Chrysometa fuscolimbata Archer, 1958
Chrysometa linguiformis Franganillo, 1930
Chrysometa pecki Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Cyrtognatha bryantae Chickering, 1956
Glenognatha argyrostilba O. Pickard-C..., 1876
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Glenognatha maelfaiti Baert, 1987
Leucauge argyra Walckenaer, 1842Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge viridecolorata Embrik Strand, 1916
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Tetragnatha caudata Emerton, 1884Longjawed Orb Weavers
Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer, 1842Elongate stilt spider
Tetragnatha elyunquensis Petrunkevitch, 1930
Tetragnatha exigua Chickering, 1957
Tetragnatha farri Chickering, 1962
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha lewisi Chickering, 1962
Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898
Tetragnatha novia Eugène Simon, 1901
Tetragnatha orizaba Banks, 1898
Tetragnatha subextensa Petrunkevitch, 1930
Tetragnatha visenda Chickering, 1957

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Jamaica
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
5
18
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