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Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region South England (England, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
171
646
1103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
141
568
1003
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
68
441
837
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
66
436
832
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
56
423
794
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
56
423
794
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
191
393
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
12
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South England
12 Genera with 31 Species
Chrysometa Simon, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841
Orchard Spider And Allies0SpeciesTaxom
Meta C. L. Koch, 1889Cave Orb Weavers4SpeciesTaxom
Metellina Chamberlin &..., 17573SpeciesTaxom
Nanometa Simon, 1908
0SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1804Banana spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Nephilengys L. Koch, 1872
Hermit spiders0SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1830Thickjawed Orb Weavers3SpeciesTaxom
Phonognatha Simon, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1957Four-jawed spider15SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South England
31 Species
Chrysometa pecki Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Cyrtognatha bryantae Chickering, 1956
Glenognatha argyrostilba O. Pickard-C..., 1876
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Meta bourneti Simon, 1922
Meta manchurica Marusik & Ko..., 1992
Meta menardi Latreille, 1804Cave orbweaver
Meta rufolineata Urquhart, 1889
Metellina mengei Blackwall, 1870
Metellina merianae Scopoli, 1763
Metellina segmentata Clerck, 1757Autumn spider
Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793Giant golden orb weaver
Nephila plumipes Latreille, 1804Humped Golden Orb-weaving Spider
Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Pachygnatha degeeri Sundevall, 1830
Pachygnatha listeri (Sundevall, 1830)⇒ Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Tetragnatha caudata Emerton, 1884Longjawed Orb Weavers
Tetragnatha elyunquensis Petrunkevitch, 1930
Tetragnatha exigua Chickering, 1957
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha farri Chickering, 1962
Tetragnatha lewisi Chickering, 1962
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
Tetragnatha striata L. Koch, 1862Striped Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha subextensa Petrunkevitch, 1930
Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1842Green Long-Jawed Spider
Tetragnatha visenda Chickering, 1957

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in South England
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
2
0
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNephilinae
Simon, 1894
Golden orb weavers, Large-jawed spiders
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
4
21
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