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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
376
1798
5753
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
329
1644
5507
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
84
776
2214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
82
773
2211
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
65
724
2101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
64
722
2099
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
12
324
1023
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
12
45
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Scandinavia
12 Genera with 45 Species
Chrysometa Simon, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Eometa Petrunkevitch, 19584SpeciesTaxom
Guizygiella Zhu, Kim & Song, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841Orchard Spider And Allies3SpeciesTaxom
Meta C. L. Koch, 1930Cave Orb Weavers5SpeciesTaxom
Metellina Chamberlin &..., 17574SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1793Banana spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1830Thickjawed Orb Weavers5SpeciesTaxom
Phonognatha Simon, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Priscometa Petrunkevitch, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842Four-jawed spider17SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Scandinavia
45 Species and 2 Subspecies
Chrysometa machala Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Cyrtognatha pachygnathoides O. P.-Cambridge, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Eometa aberrans A. Petrunkev..., 1958
Eometa longipes A. Petrunkev..., 1958
Eometa robusta A. Petrunkev..., 1958
Eometa samlandica A. Petrunkev..., 1958
Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984
Leucauge granulata Walckenaer, 1842Silver Orb-weaver Spider
Leucauge linyphia Eugène Simon, 1903
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
Meta manchurica Marusik & Ko..., 1992
Meta menardi Latreille, 1804Cave orbweaver
Meta merianae (Scopoli, 1863)⇒ Metellina merianae Scopoli, 1763
Meta ovalis Gertsch, 1933Eastern Cave Long-Jawed Spider
Meta serrana Franganillo, 1930
Metellina curtisi McCook, 1894
Metellina mengei Blackwall, 1870
Metellina merianae Scopoli, 1763
Metellina segmentata Clerck, 1757Autumn spider
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Nephila edulis Labillardière, 1799Australian Golden Orb Weaver
Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793Giant golden orb weaver
Pachygnatha autumnalis Marx, 1884Big-Eyed Thick-Jawed Spider
Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Pachygnatha degeeri Sundevall, 1830
Pachygnatha dorothea McCook, 1894
Pachygnatha listeri (Sundevall, 1830)⇒ Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Phonognatha graeffei Eugen von Ke..., 1865Leaf curling spider
Priscometa tenuipes A. Petrunkev..., 1958
Tetragnatha americana Eugène Simon, 1905
Tetragnatha dearmata Thorell, 1873
Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer, 1842Elongate stilt spider
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha extensa brachygnatha Thorell, 1873
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874Shadow Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha nigrita Lendl, 1886Dark Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha obtusa C. L. Koch, 1837Blunt Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha pallescens F. Octavius ..., 1903
Tetragnatha pinicola (L. Koch, 1870)⇒ Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1842
Tetragnatha shoshone Herbert W. Levi, 1981
Tetragnatha straminea Emerton, 1884
Tetragnatha strandi melanogaster Schmidt & Kr..., 1993
Tetragnatha striata L. Koch, 1862Striped Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842
Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1842Green Long-Jawed Spider

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Scandinavia
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
3
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
3
22
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