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Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region New Zealand (Polynesia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
307
1096
3127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
283
1015
2831
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
62
369
1367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
62
369
1367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
53
349
1179
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
53
349
1179
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
10
115
390
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
11
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for New Zealand
11 Genera with 24 Species
Eryciniolia Strand, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Guizygiella Zhu, Kim & Song, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1881Orchard Spider And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Meta C. L. Koch, 1889Cave Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Nanometa Simon, 18893SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1842Banana spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Orsinome Thorell, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Phonognatha Simon, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Taraire Álvarez-Padi..., 18892SpeciesTaxom
Tawhai Álvarez-Padi..., 18911SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842Four-jawed spider8SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Zealand
24 Species
Eryciniolia purpurapunctata Urquhart, 1889
Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984
Leucauge dromedaria Thorell, 1881Horizontal orb spider
Meta rufolineata Urquhart, 1889
Nanometa forsteri Álvarez-Padi..., 2020
Nanometa lagenifera Urquhart, 1888
Nanometa purpurapunctata Urquhart, 1889
Nephila edulis Labillardière, 1799Australian Golden Orb Weaver
Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793Giant golden orb weaver
Nephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842Banded Golden Orb Spider
Orsinome australis Simon, 1899
Orsinome lagenifera Urquhart, 1888
Phonognatha melanopyga Ludwig Carl ..., 1871
Taraire oculta Álvarez-Padi..., 2020
Taraire rufolineata Urquhart, 1889
Tawhai arborea Urquhart, 1891
Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha flavida Urquhart, 1891
Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha multipunctata Urquhart, 1891
Tetragnatha nigricans Dalmas, 1917
Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898
Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in New Zealand
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNephilinae
Simon, 1894
Golden orb weavers, Large-jawed spiders
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
1
8
Genus
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