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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
358
1430
3936
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
314
1250
3312
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
73
553
2092
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
68
546
2078
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
56
514
1972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
54
512
1965
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
9
221
785
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
11
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West USA
11 Genera with 32 Species
Chrysometa Simon, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Glenognatha Simon, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Leucauge White, 1841Orchard Spider And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Meta C. L. Koch, 1980Cave Orb Weavers1SpeciesTaxom
Metellina Chamberlin &..., 17574SpeciesTaxom
Metleucauge Levi, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Nephila Leach, 1885Banana spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1845Thickjawed Orb Weavers3SpeciesTaxom
Palaeometa Petrunkevitch, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Palaeopachygnatha Petrunkevitch, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Tetragnatha Latreille, 1842Four-jawed spider14SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West USA
32 Species and 1 Subspecies
Chrysometa zelotypa Eugen von Ke..., 1883Longjawed orb weavers
Glenognatha foxi McCook, 1894Longjawed orb weavers
Glenognatha spherella Chamberlin &..., 1936
Leucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841Longjawed Orb Weavers
Meta dolloff Levi, 1980Dolloff cave spider
Metellina curtisi McCook, 1894
Metellina merianae Scopoli, 1763
Metellina mimetoides Chamberlin &..., 1941
Metellina segmentata Clerck, 1757Autumn spider
Metleucauge eldorado Levi, 1980
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Alpaida sulphurea Taczanowski, 1873
Nephila pennatipes ♰ Scudder, 1885
Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Pachygnatha dorothea McCook, 1894
Pachygnatha xanthostoma (C. L. Koch, 1845)⇒ Pachygnatha brevis Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Palaeometa opertanea ♰ S. H. Scudder, 1890
Palaeopachygnatha cockerelli ♰ A. I. Petrun..., 1922
Palaeopachygnatha scudderi ♰ A. I. Petrun..., 1922
Tetragnatha caudata Emerton, 1884Longjawed Orb Weavers
Tetragnatha dearmata Thorell, 1873
Tetragnatha elongata Walckenaer, 1842Elongate stilt spider
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
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 shoshone Herbert W. Levi, 1981
Tetragnatha straminea Emerton, 1884
Tetragnatha tertiana Scudder, 1890
Tetragnatha tertiaria ♰ Scudder, 1885
Tetragnatha trichodes trichodes Thorell, 1878
Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842

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

Taxom

SubfamilyMetinae
Simon, 1894
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

SubfamilyTetragnathinae
Menge, 1866
3
19
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