AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region Taiwan (East Asia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
248
1062
3896
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
227
1021
3825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
63
472
1842
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
60
467
1832
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
48
441
1751
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
47
440
1749
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
10
175
873
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
22
162
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Taiwan
22 Genera with 162 Species
#ACDEHLMNOPSTZ
Argyroepeira Emerton, 18949SpeciesTaxom
Callinethis Thorell, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Diphya Nicolet, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Eucta Simon, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Herennia Thorell, 1880Coin spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1992Orchard Spider And Allies27SpeciesTaxom
Menosira Chikuni, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Mesida Kulczynski, 20032SpeciesTaxom
Meta C. L. Koch, 1906Cave Orb Weavers14SpeciesTaxom
Metellina Chamberlin &..., 17571SpeciesTaxom
Metleucauge Levi, 19064SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1877Banana spiders20SpeciesTaxom
Okileucauge Tanikawa, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Opadometa Archer, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Orsinome Thorell, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Prionolaema Simon, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Sternospina Schmidt & Kr..., 19931SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1897Four-jawed spider62SpeciesTaxom
Tylorida Simon, 18775SpeciesTaxom
Zhinu Kallal & Hor..., 20181SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Taiwan
162 Species and 2 Subspecies
Argyroepeira bigibba (Thorell, 1887)⇒ Tylorida striata Thorell, 1877
Argyroepeira celebesiana (Simon, 1894)⇒ Leucauge decorata Blackwall, 1864
Argyroepeira gemmea (Thorell, 1890)⇒ Mesida gemmea Hasselt, 1882
Argyroepeira hortorum (Emerton, 1884)⇒ Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841
Argyroepeira nigrotrivittata (Thorell, 1890)⇒ Leucauge celebesiana Walckenaer, 1842
Argyroepeira striata (Thorell, 1887)⇒ Tylorida striata Thorell, 1877
Argyroepeira tessellata (Pocock, 1900)⇒ Leucauge tessellata Thorell, 1887
Argyroepeira ventralis (Thorell, 1887)⇒ Tylorida ventralis Thorell, 1877
Argyroepeira venusta (McCook, 1894)⇒ Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841
Callinethis tessellata (Thorell, 1887)⇒ Leucauge tessellata Thorell, 1887
Cyrtognatha producta Franganillo, 1930
Diphya taiwanica Tanikawa, 1995
Dolichognatha umbrophila Tanikawa, 1991
Eucta caudicula (Simon, 1881)⇒ Tetragnatha caudicula Karsch, 1879
Eucta javana Thorell, 1890
Herennia mollis (Thorell, 1887)⇒ Herennia multipuncta Doleschall, 1859
Herennia multipuncta Doleschall, 1859Ornamental tree trunk spider
Herennia ornatissima (Doleschall, 1859)⇒ Herennia papuana Tord Tamerla..., 1881
Herennia papuana Tord Tamerla..., 1881Golden cricket wasp
Herennia sampitana (Karsch, 1880)⇒ Herennia multipuncta Doleschall, 1859
Leucauge argentina Hasselt, 1882Sand bee
Leucauge blanda L. Koch, 1878
Leucauge celebesiana Walckenaer, 1842Black-striped orchard spider
Leucauge crucinota Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Leucauge decorata Blackwall, 1864
Leucauge fastigata (Simon, 1877)⇒ Opadometa fastigata Eugène Simon, 1877
Leucauge gemmea (Simon, 1905)⇒ Mesida gemmea Hasselt, 1882
Leucauge granulata Walckenaer, 1842Silver Orb-weaver Spider
Leucauge liui Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Leucauge lygisma (Wang, 1991)⇒ Orsinome vethi Hasselt, 1882
Leucauge mabelae (Archer, 1951)⇒ Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841
Leucauge magnifica (Yaginuma, 1954)⇒ Leucauge celebesiana Walckenaer, 1842
Leucauge nitella (Zhu, Song & ..., 2003)⇒ Leucauge tessellata Thorell, 1887
Leucauge retracta (Chamberlin, 1924)⇒ Leucauge celebesiana Walckenaer, 1842
Leucauge sphenoida (Wang, 1991)⇒ Tylorida ventralis Thorell, 1877
Leucauge subblanda (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Leucauge celebesiana Walckenaer, 1842
Leucauge subgemmea Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Leucauge subtessellata (Zhu, Song & ..., 2003)⇒ Leucauge tessellata Thorell, 1887
Leucauge szechuensis (Schenkel, 1936)⇒ Leucauge blanda L. Koch, 1878
Leucauge taiwanica Yoshida, 2009Steel-blue cricket hunter
Leucauge termisticta (Song & Zhu, 1992)⇒ Leucauge tessellata Thorell, 1887
Leucauge tessellata Thorell, 1887
Leucauge tuberculata (Wang, 1991)⇒ Leucauge granulata Walckenaer, 1842
Leucauge ventralis (Pocock, 1904)⇒ Tylorida ventralis Thorell, 1877
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
Leucauge veterascens (Chamberlin, 1924)⇒ Leucauge celebesiana Walckenaer, 1842
Leucauge wulingensis Song & Zhu, 1992
Menosira ornata Chikuni, 1955
Mesida gemmea Hasselt, 1882
Mesida yini Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Meta blanda (L. Koch, 1878)⇒ Araneus elizabethae Levi, 1991
Meta celebesiana (Simon, 1885)⇒ Leucauge celebesiana Walckenaer, 1842
Meta davidi (Schenkel, 1963)⇒ Metleucauge davidi Schenkel, 1963
Meta doenitzi (Bösenberg &..., 1906)⇒ Neoscona adianta Walckenaer, 1802
Meta gemmea (Hasselt, 1882)⇒ Mesida gemmea Hasselt, 1882
Meta japonica (Tanikawa, 1993)⇒ Leucauge blanda L. Koch, 1878
Meta kompirensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Meta nigridorsalis Tanikawa, 1994
Meta ornata (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Meta sinensis (Schenkel, 1953)⇒ Metleucauge yunohamensis Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Meta striata (Thorell, 1877)⇒ Tylorida striata Thorell, 1877
Meta vena Dönitz & St..., 1906
Meta ventralis (Thorell, 1877)⇒ Tylorida ventralis Thorell, 1877
Meta yunohamensis (Bösenberg &..., 1906)⇒ Metleucauge yunohamensis Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Metellina segmentata Clerck, 1757Autumn spider
Metleucauge chikunii Tanikawa, 1992
Metleucauge davidi Schenkel, 1963
Metleucauge kompirensis (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Metleucauge chikunii Tanikawa, 1992
Metleucauge yunohamensis Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Nephila angustata (Stoliczka, 1869)⇒ Leucauge decorata Blackwall, 1864
Nephila antipodiana Walckenaer, 1842Batik Golden Orb Weaver
Nephila aurosa (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila chrysogaster (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila clacata cavaleriei Schenkel, 1963
Nephila clavata L. Koch, 1878Jorō Spider
Nephila clavatoides (Schenkel, 1953)⇒ Nephila clavata L. Koch, 1878
Nephila fuscipes (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila limbata (Thorell, 1898)⇒ Nephila clavata L. Koch, 1878
Nephila maculata (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila obnubila (Simon, 1906)⇒ Nephila clavata L. Koch, 1878
Nephila ornata (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila plumipes Latreille, 1804
Nephila pecuniosa (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793Giant golden orb weaver
Nephila plumipes Latreille, 1804Humped Golden Orb-weaving Spider
Nephila procera (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila submaculata (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila sulphurosa (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila tenuipes (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Nephila walckenaeri (Thorell, 1877)⇒ Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Okileucauge sasakii Tanikawa, 2001
Opadometa fastigata Eugène Simon, 1877Pear shaped Leucauge
Opadometa grata Guérin, 1838
Orsinome vethi Hasselt, 1882
Prionolaema gracilis Bryant, 1923
Sternospina concretipalpis (Schmidt & Kr..., 1993)⇒ Tylorida striata Thorell, 1877
Tetragnatha andina Taczanowski, 1878
Tetragnatha antillana Simon, 1897
Tetragnatha aptans Chamberlin, 1920
Tetragnatha bituberculata L. Koch, 1867
Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha cambridgei Roewer, 1942Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha caudicula Karsch, 1879
Tetragnatha celebesiana (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Leucauge celebesiana Walckenaer, 1842
Tetragnatha ceylonica Octavius Pic..., 1869
Tetragnatha chauliodus Thorell, 1890
Tetragnatha chiyokoae Castanheira ..., 2020
Tetragnatha cliens (Yin, 1976)⇒ Tetragnatha nigrita Lendl, 1886
Tetragnatha conformans (Chamberlin, 1924)⇒ Tetragnatha maxillosa Thorell, 1895
Tetragnatha decorata (Blackwall, 1864)⇒ Leucauge decorata Blackwall, 1864
Tetragnatha deinognatha Walckenaer, 1842
Tetragnatha diensens (Zhao, 1993)⇒ Tetragnatha maxillosa Thorell, 1895
Tetragnatha earmra Levi, 1981
Tetragnatha eitapensis (Strand, 1913)⇒ Tetragnatha ceylonica Octavius Pic..., 1869
Tetragnatha ejuncida Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha elmora Chamberlin &..., 1942
Tetragnatha eremita Chamberlin, 1924
Tetragnatha esakii Okuma, 1988
Tetragnatha ferox L. Koch, 1872
Tetragnatha festina (Bryant, 1945)⇒ Tetragnatha tenuissima Octavius Pic..., 1889
Tetragnatha fronto (Thorell, 1890)⇒ Tetragnatha ceylonica Octavius Pic..., 1869
Tetragnatha galapagoensis Banks, 1902
Tetragnatha gracilis (Bryant, 1923)⇒ Tetragnatha ceylonica Octavius Pic..., 1869
Tetragnatha gulosa L. Koch, 1872
Tetragnatha haitiensis Bryant, 1945
Tetragnatha hiroshii Okuma, 1988
Tetragnatha hotingchiehi Schenkel, 1963
Tetragnatha javana (Thorell, 1890)⇒ Tetragnatha caudicula Karsch, 1879
Tetragnatha keyserlingi Eugène Simon, 1890
Tetragnatha kochi Thorell, 1895
Tetragnatha latifrons (Thorell, 1877)⇒ Tetragnatha ceylonica Octavius Pic..., 1869
Tetragnatha lauta Yaginuma, 1959
Tetragnatha leptognatha Thorell, 1877
Tetragnatha listeri (Gravely, 1921)⇒ Tetragnatha maxillosa Thorell, 1895
Tetragnatha mandibulata (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Tetragnatha kochi Thorell, 1895
Tetragnatha maxillosa Thorell, 1895
Tetragnatha minatoria Simon, 1877
Tetragnatha minax Blackwall, 1877
Tetragnatha modesta (Hirst, 1911)⇒ Tetragnatha ceylonica Octavius Pic..., 1869
Tetragnatha nepaeformis Doleschall, 1859
Tetragnatha nepiformis Doleschall, 0
Tetragnatha nigrita Lendl, 1886Dark Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha nigrita niccensis Bösenberg &..., 1906
Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898
Tetragnatha pelusia Walckenaer, 1842
Tetragnatha peninsulana Banks, 1898
Tetragnatha praedonia (L. Koch, 1878)⇒ Tetragnatha sociella Ralph Vary C..., 1924
Tetragnatha propioides (Schenkel, 1936)⇒ Tetragnatha maxillosa Thorell, 1895
Tetragnatha recurva (Schenkel, 1936)⇒ Tetragnatha squamata Karsch, 1879
Tetragnatha seminola Gertsch, 1936
Tetragnatha sociella Ralph Vary C..., 1924
Tetragnatha squamata Karsch, 1879Uinta sandwort
Tetragnatha steckleri Gertsch & Ivie, 1936
Tetragnatha tenuissima Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha tridens (Thorell, 1898)⇒ Tetragnatha ceylonica Octavius Pic..., 1869
Tetragnatha typica Urquhart, 1890
Tetragnatha vermiventris Schenkel, 1963
Tetragnatha vicina Simon, 1897
Tylorida magniventer (Bösenberg &..., 1906)⇒ Tylorida striata Thorell, 1877
Tylorida mengla Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Tylorida striata Thorell, 1877
Tylorida tianlin Zhu, Song & ..., 2003
Tylorida ventralis Thorell, 1877
Zhinu manmiaoyangi Kallal & Hor..., 2018

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Taiwan
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
5
37
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
5
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNephilinae
Simon, 1894
Golden orb weavers, Large-jawed spiders
2
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
3
63
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