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Checklist for Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Elongated Orb Weavers)
and region West Germany (Germany)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
272
946
2287
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
246
877
2168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
50
397
1069
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
49
396
1068
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
42
388
1023
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
42
388
1023
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
9
204
527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
7
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Germany
7 Genera with 22 Species
Glenognatha Simon, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1903Orchard Spider And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Meta C. L. Koch, 1804Cave Orb Weavers2SpeciesTaxom
Metellina Chamberlin &..., 17573SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1799Banana spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1830Thickjawed Orb Weavers3SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1878Four-jawed spider11SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Germany
22 Species and 1 Subspecies
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Leucauge linyphia Eugène Simon, 1903
Meta bourneti Simon, 1922
Meta menardi Latreille, 1804Cave orbweaver
Metellina mengei Blackwall, 1870
Metellina merianae Scopoli, 1763
Metellina segmentata Clerck, 1757Autumn spider
Nephila edulis Labillardière, 1799Australian Golden Orb Weaver
Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Pachygnatha degeeri Sundevall, 1830
Pachygnatha listeri (Sundevall, 1830)⇒ Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Tetragnatha dearmata Thorell, 1873
Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer, 1842Elongate stilt spider
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874Shadow Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha nigrita Lendl, 1886Dark Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha obtusa C. L. Koch, 1837Blunt Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha pinicola (L. Koch, 1870)⇒ Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1842
Tetragnatha shoshone Herbert W. Levi, 1981
Tetragnatha straminea Emerton, 1884
Tetragnatha striata L. Koch, 1862Striped Stretch-spider
Tetragnatha trichodes trichodes Thorell, 1878

Subnodes of Tetragnathidae with occurrences in West Germany
SubfamilyLeucauginae
White, 1841
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
3
15
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