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Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region Southern Illinois (Illinois, USA)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
51
127
172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
41
112
155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
26
96
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
26
96
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
24
93
137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
24
93
137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
4
42
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
4
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Illinois
4 Genera with 10 Species
Glenognatha Simon, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Meta C. L. Koch, 1804Cave Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1845Thickjawed Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842Four-jawed spider7SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Illinois
10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Meta menardi Latreille, 1804Cave orbweaver
Pachygnatha xanthostoma (C. L. Koch, 1845)⇒ Pachygnatha brevis Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha shoshone Herbert W. Levi, 1981
Tetragnatha straminea Emerton, 1884
Tetragnatha trichodes trichodes Thorell, 1878
Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Southern Illinois
SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
3
9
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