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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
101
280
432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
85
246
381
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
40
167
284
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
36
159
271
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
32
150
261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
32
150
261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
6
49
82
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
6
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Puerto Rico
6 Genera with 19 Species
Alcimosphenus Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Chrysometa Simon, 19863SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 19303SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1897Orchard Spider And Allies3SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1767Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1889Four-jawed spider8SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Puerto Rico
19 Species
Alcimosphenus licinus Eugène Simon, 1895
Chrysometa hamata Bryant, 1942
Chrysometa jayuyensis Petrunkevitch, 1930
Chrysometa yunque Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Glenognatha argyrostilba O. Pickard-C..., 1876
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Glenognatha gloriae Petrunkevitch, 1930
Leucauge argyra Walckenaer, 1842Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge moerens Octavius Pic..., 1896Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge regnyi Eugène Simon, 1897
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha bryantae Roewer, 1951San Diego bird's-foot trefoil
Tetragnatha cambridgei Roewer, 1942Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha elyunquensis Petrunkevitch, 1930
Tetragnatha ethodon Chamberlin &..., 1936Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha parva (Badcock, 1932)⇒ Tetragnatha bryantae Roewer, 1951
Tetragnatha subextensa Petrunkevitch, 1930
Tetragnatha tenuissima Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Puerto Rico
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
1
3
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
2
11
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