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Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region Tohoku (Honshu, Japan)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
60
197
334
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
57
194
331
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
36
169
307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
36
169
307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
32
165
287
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
32
165
287
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
76
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
8
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Tohoku
8 Genera with 22 Species
Diphya Nicolet, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Dischitiognatha1SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1906Orchard Spider And Allies4SpeciesTaxom
Meta C. L. Koch, 1804Cave Orb Weavers2SpeciesTaxom
Metleucauge Levi, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1793Banana spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1823Thickjawed Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1934Four-jawed spider9SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tohoku
22 Species and 1 Subspecies
Diphya okumae Tanikawa, 1995
Dischitiognatha tenera Karsch, 1879
Leucauge blanda L. Koch, 1878
Leucauge linyphia Eugène Simon, 1903
Leucauge subblanda (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Leucauge celebesiana Walckenaer, 1842
Leucauge subgemmea Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Meta japonica (Tanikawa, 1993)⇒ Leucauge blanda L. Koch, 1878
Meta menardi Latreille, 1804Cave orbweaver
Metleucauge kompirensis (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Metleucauge chikunii Tanikawa, 1992
Metleucauge yunohamensis Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Nephila clavata L. Koch, 1878Jorō Spider
Nephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793Giant golden orb weaver
Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Tetragnatha caudicula Karsch, 1879
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha maxillosa Thorell, 1895
Tetragnatha praedonia (L. Koch, 1878)⇒ Tetragnatha sociella Ralph Vary C..., 1924
Tetragnatha squamata Karsch, 1879Uinta sandwort
Tetragnatha strandi melanogaster Schmidt & Kr..., 1993
Tetragnatha striata L. Koch, 1862Striped Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha vermiformis Emerton, 1884
Tetragnatha yesoensis Saito, 1934

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Tohoku
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNephilinae
Simon, 1894
Golden orb weavers, Large-jawed spiders
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
2
10
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