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Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region Spain (Iberian Peninsula)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
283
1246
4160
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
244
1078
3590
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
75
689
2677
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
70
683
2667
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
56
648
2569
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
54
646
2566
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
11
258
903
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
13
50
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Spain
13 Genera with 50 Species
Azilia Keyserling, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Chrysometa Simon, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 1881
0SpeciesTaxom
Guizygiella Zhu, Kim & Song, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Huergina Selden & Penney, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841Orchard Spider And Allies6SpeciesTaxom
Macryphantes Selden, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Meta C. L. Koch, 1882Cave Orb Weavers6SpeciesTaxom
Metellina Chamberlin &..., 17574SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1767Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Nephilingis Kuntner, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1973Thickjawed Orb Weavers7SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842Four-jawed spider20SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Spain
50 Species and 3 Subspecies
Azilia boudeti Eugène Simon, 1895
Azilia guatemalensis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Chrysometa boraceia Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa ludibunda Eugen von Ke..., 1893
Guizygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984
Huergina diazromerali Selden & Penney, 2003
Leucauge argentea Eugen von Ke..., 1865Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge formosa Blackwall, 1863
Leucauge linyphia Eugène Simon, 1903
Leucauge mariana Taczanowski, 1881Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge pulcherrima Eugen von Ke..., 1865
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
Macryphantes cowdeni P. A. Selden, 1990
Meta bourneti Simon, 1922
Meta manchurica Marusik & Ko..., 1992
Meta menardi Latreille, 1804Cave orbweaver
Meta minima Denis, 1953
Meta ovalis Gertsch, 1933Eastern Cave Long-Jawed Spider
Meta schaufussi L. Koch, 1882
Metellina mengei Blackwall, 1870
Metellina merianae Scopoli, 1763
Metellina minima Denis, 1953
Metellina segmentata Clerck, 1757Autumn spider
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Nephilingis cruentata Fabricius, 1775African Hermit Spider
Pachygnatha bonneti Senglet, 1973
Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Pachygnatha degeeri Sundevall, 1830
Pachygnatha listeri (Sundevall, 1830)⇒ Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Pachygnatha simoni Senglet, 1973
Pachygnatha sundevalli Senglet, 1973
Pachygnatha tullgreni Senglet, 1973
Tetragnatha americana Eugène Simon, 1905
Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer, 1842Elongate stilt spider
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha franganilloi Brignoli, 1983
Tetragnatha fuerteventurensis Wunderlich, 1992
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha intermedia (Franganillo, 1936)⇒ Tetragnatha guatemalensis Octavius Pic..., 1889
Tetragnatha isidis Eugène Simon, 1880
Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874Shadow Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha nigrita Lendl, 1886Dark Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898
Tetragnatha obtusa C. L. Koch, 1837Blunt Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha obtusa intermedia Kulczynski, 1891
Tetragnatha pinicola (L. Koch, 1870)⇒ Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1842
Tetragnatha strandi melanogaster Schmidt & Kr..., 1993
Tetragnatha striata L. Koch, 1862Striped Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha trichodes Thorell, 1878
Tetragnatha trichodes trichodes Thorell, 1878
Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1842Green Long-Jawed Spider

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Spain
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
3
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
3
25
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