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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
210
706
1743
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
181
622
1554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
69
402
1302
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
62
395
1296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
50
373
1236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
50
373
1236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
8
121
364
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
7
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Texas
7 Genera with 20 Species
Azilia Keyserling, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841Orchard Spider And Allies3SpeciesTaxom
Metellina Chamberlin &..., 19411SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1767Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1845Thickjawed Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842Four-jawed spider12SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Texas
20 Species and 1 Subspecies
Azilia affinis Octavius Pic..., 1893Longjawed orb weavers
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge argyra Walckenaer, 1842Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge argyrobapta (White, 1841)⇒ Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
Metellina mimetoides Chamberlin &..., 1941
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Pachygnatha tristriata C. L. Koch, 1845
Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha caudata Emerton, 1884Longjawed Orb Weavers
Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer, 1842Elongate stilt spider
Tetragnatha guatemalensis Octavius Pic..., 1889Ants
Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898
Tetragnatha pallescens F. Octavius ..., 1903
Tetragnatha straminea Emerton, 1884
Tetragnatha trichodes trichodes Thorell, 1878
Tetragnatha vermiformis Emerton, 1884
Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842
Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1842Green Long-Jawed Spider

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Texas
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNephilinae
Simon, 1894
Golden orb weavers, Large-jawed spiders
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
3
14
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