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Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region Venezuela (Northern South America)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
186
895
2284
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
151
706
1584
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
63
498
1226
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
59
487
1200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
48
435
1084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
48
435
1084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
9
114
327
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
9
30
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Venezuela
9 Genera with 30 Species
Azilia Keyserling, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Chrysometa Simon, 188310SpeciesTaxom
Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Dyschiriognatha Simon, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 18984SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1893Orchard Spider And Allies2SpeciesTaxom
Metabus O. P.-Cambridge, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1767Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 2020Four-jawed spider7SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Venezuela
30 Species and 1 Subspecies
Azilia rojasi Eugène Simon, 1895
Chrysometa choroni Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa churitepui Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa claudia Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa duida Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa flava Octavius Pic..., 1894
Chrysometa guttata Eugen von Ke..., 1881
Chrysometa merida Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa saramacca Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa yotoco Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Chrysometa zelotypa Eugen von Ke..., 1883Longjawed orb weavers
Dolichognatha cygnea Eugène Simon, 1893
Dolichognatha pentagona Hentz, 1850Longjawed orb weavers
Dolichognatha tigrina Eugène Simon, 1893
Dyschiriognatha montana Eugène Simon, 1897
Glenognatha caparu Cabra-García..., 2016
Glenognatha gaujoni Eugène Simon, 1895
Glenognatha globosa Petrunkevitch, 1925Longjawed orb weavers
Glenognatha montana Simon, 1898
Leucauge formosa pozonae Schenkel, 1953
Leucauge polita Eugen von Ke..., 1893Longjawed orb weavers
Metabus debilis Octavius Pic..., 1889Longjawed orb weavers
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Tetragnatha aetherea Eugène Simon, 1894
Tetragnatha amazonica Castanheira,..., 2022
Tetragnatha bogotensis Eugen von Ke..., 1865
Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898Longjawed orb weavers
Tetragnatha hulli Caporiacco, 1955
Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826)⇒ Tetragnatha boydi Octavius Pic..., 1898
Tetragnatha renatoi Castanheira ..., 2020

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in Venezuela
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
3
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
3
12
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