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English species names of Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Horizontal Orb-Web Weavers, Large-Jawed Orb Weavers, Long jawed orb-weavers, Long jawed spiders, Long-jawed orb weavers, Long-Jawed Orbweavers, Long-Jawed Spiders, Longjawed Orb Weavers, Longjawed orbweavers, Stretch spider, Thick-Jawed Spiders


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
1342
20133
198818
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
242
6840
80976
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyTetragnathidae
Menge, 1866
Elongated Orb Weavers, Four-Jawed Spiders, Stretch spider
108
1797
Genera
Species


A
African Hermit SpiderNephilingis cruentata Fabricius, 1775
Agnarsson's Coin SpiderHerennia agnarssoni Kuntner, 2005
American Golden Orb WeaverNephila clavipes Linnaeus, 1767
Asian Hermit SpiderNephilengys malabarensis Walckenaer, 1842
Australian Coin SpiderHerennia oz Kuntner, 2005
Australian Golden Orb WeaverNephila edulis Labillardière, 1799
Australian Golden Orb-weaving SpiderNephila edulis Labillardière, 1799
Autumn spiderMetellina segmentata Clerck, 1757


B
Banana spidersNephila Leach, 1815
Banded Golden Orb SpiderNephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842
Banded-legged golden orb-web spiderNephila senegalensis annulata Thorell, 1859
Banded-legged golden orb-web spiderNephila senegalensis Walckenaer, 1842
Batik Golden Orb WeaverNephila antipodiana Walckenaer, 1842
Batik Golden Web SpiderNephila antipodiana Walckenaer, 1842
Big-Eyed Thick-Jawed SpiderPachygnatha autumnalis Marx, 1884
Black-legged golden orb-web spiderNephila pilipes fenestrata Strand, 1907
Black-striped orchard spiderLeucauge celebesiana Walckenaer, 1842
Blunt Stretch-spiderTetragnatha obtusa C. L. Koch, 1837
Bornean Coin SpiderHerennia deelemanae Kuntner, 2005
Brown Long-jawed SpiderTetragnatha nitens Audouin, 1826


C
Cave Orb WeaversMeta C. L. Koch, 1836
Cave orbweaverMeta menardi Latreille, 1804
Cave spiderMeta menardi Latreille, 1804
Coin spidersHerennia Thorell, 1877
Common big-jawed spiderTetragnatha mandibulata Walckenaer, 1842
Common Stretch-spiderTetragnatha extensa Linnaeus, 1758
Comoran Trunk WeaverClitaetra episinoides Eugène Simon, 1889
Congo Trunk WeaverClitaetra simoni Benoit, 1962
Constricted Golden Orb SpiderNephila constricta Karsch, 1879
Constricted Golden Orb WeaverNephila constricta Karsch, 1879
CoonSancus fuligo Moore, 1878


D
Dark Stretch-spiderTetragnatha nigrita Lendl, 1886
Dodo Hermit SpiderNephilingis dodo Kuntner & Agnarsson, 2011
Dolloff cave spiderMeta dolloff Levi, 1980


E
Eastern Cave Long-Jawed SpiderMeta ovalis Gertsch, 1933
Edible golden silk spiderNephila edulis Labillardière, 1799
Elongate stilt spiderTetragnatha elongata Walckenaer, 1842
European cave spiderMeta menardi Latreille, 1804


F
Four-jawed spiderTetragnatha Latreille, 1804


G
Giant golden orb weaverNephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Giant Golden Orb-weaving SpiderNephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Giant wood spidersNephila Leach, 1815
Giant Wood-spiderNephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Giant WoodspiderNephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Golden Orb SpiderNephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793
Golden orb weaversNephilinae Simon, 1894
Golden orb-weaversNephila Leach, 1815
Golden OrbweaversNephila Leach, 1815
Golden silk orb-weaverNephila Leach, 1815
Golden silk orb-weaverNephila clavipes Linnaeus, 1767
Golden silk orb-weaversNephila Leach, 1815
Golden silk orbweaverNephila clavipes Linnaeus, 1767
Golden Silk SpiderNephila Leach, 1815
Golden silk spiderNephila clavipes Linnaeus, 1767
Golden silk spidersNephila clavipes Linnaeus, 1767
Golden-silk SpiderNephila clavipes Linnaeus, 1767
Green Long-Jawed SpiderTetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1842


H
Hermit SpiderNephilingis cruentata Fabricius, 1775
Hermit spidersNephilengys L. Koch, 1872
Horizontal orb spiderLeucauge dromedaria Thorell, 1881
Horizontal Orb-weaverLeucauge dromedaria Thorell, 1881
Humped Golden Orb-weaving SpiderNephila plumipes Latreille, 1804


I
Irena's Trunk WeaverClitaetra irenae Kuntner, 2006
Irene’s Tree Nephila SpiderClitaetra irenae Kuntner, 2006


J
Javan Coin SpiderHerennia etruscilla Kuntner, 2005
Jernej's Coin SpiderHerennia jernej Kuntner, 2005
Jorō SpiderNephila clavata L. Koch, 1878
Joro SpiderNephila clavata L. Koch, 1878


L
Lantana gall flyPhonognatha graeffei graeffei Keyserling, 1865
Large-jawed spidersNephilinae Simon, 1894
Leaf curling spiderPhonognatha graeffei Eugen von Keyserling, 1865
Leafcurling spiderPhonognatha graeffei Eugen von Keyserling, 1865
Lesser Garden SpiderMetellina segmentata Clerck, 1757
Long Jawed SpidersTetragnatha Latreille, 1804
Long-Jawed Orb WeaverTetragnatha Latreille, 1804
Long-jawed Orb Weaver SpiderTetragnatha valida Eugen von Keyserling, 1887
Longjawed orb weaversLeucauge argyra Walckenaer, 1842
Longjawed orb weaversMetabus debilis Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Longjawed orb weaversDolichognatha spinosa Petrunkevitch, 1939
Longjawed orb weaversLeucauge idonea Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha pallida Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa bella Banks, 1909
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa palenque Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha digitata Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1899
Longjawed orb weaversLeucauge aurostriata Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1897
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha mabelae Chickering, 1957
Longjawed orb weaversMetabus ebanoverde Álvarez-Padilla, 2007
Longjawed orb weaversGlenognatha centralis Ralph Vary Chamberlin, 1925
Longjawed orb weaversOpas lugens Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1896
Longjawed orb weaversLeucauge lugens O. P.-Cambridge, 1896
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa boquete Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa poas Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha eberhardi Okuma, 1992
Longjawed orb weaversMetabus ocellatus Eugen von Keyserling, 1864
Longjawed orb weaversGlenognatha foxi McCook, 1894
Longjawed orb weaversLeucauge mariana Taczanowski, 1881
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha paradoxa Okuma, 1992
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa brevipes Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Longjawed orb weaversMecynometa globosa Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa rubromaculata Eugen von Keyserling, 1864
Longjawed orb weaversLeucauge curta Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa chipinque Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Longjawed orb weaversGlenognatha globosa Petrunkevitch, 1925
Longjawed orb weaversLeucauge moerens Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1896
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha elongata Walckenaer, 1842
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa satura Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha mexicana Eugen von Keyserling, 1865
Longjawed orb weaversCyrtognatha bella O. P.-Cambridge, 1896
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha sinuosa Chickering, 1957
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa craigae Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Longjawed orb weaversLeucauge polita Eugen von Keyserling, 1893
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha ethodon Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa unicolor Eugen von Keyserling, 1881
Longjawed orb weaversCyrtognatha insolita Chickering, 1956
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa decolorata Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Longjawed orb weaversLeucauge saphes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa universitaria Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Longjawed orb weaversCyrtognatha lepida O. P.-Cambridge, 1889
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha tenuis Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa heredia Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha boydi Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1898
Longjawed orb weaversLeucauge synthetica Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936
Longjawed orb weaversHomalometa chiriqui Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha fragilis Chickering, 1957
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa zelotypa Eugen von Keyserling, 1883
Longjawed orb weaversCyrtognatha leviorum Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009
Longjawed orb weaversAzilia affinis Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1893
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha tenuissima Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa lancetilla Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha cambridgei Roewer, 1942
Longjawed Orb WeaversLeucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841
Longjawed orb weaversHomalometa nigritarsis Eugène Simon, 1897
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha gertschi Chickering, 1957
Longjawed orb weaversCyrtognatha pachygnathoides O. P.-Cambridge, 1894
Longjawed orb weaversLeucauge fragilis Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha nitens Audouin, 1826
Longjawed orb weaversAzilia guatemalensis Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha tristani Banks, 1909
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa muerte Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Longjawed Orb WeaversTetragnatha caudata Emerton, 1884
Longjawed orb weaversLeucauge acuminata Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha guatemalensis Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Longjawed orb weaversCyrtognatha pathetica Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009
Longjawed orb weaversLeucauge gemminipunctata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa alajuela Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha tropica Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa nigroventris Eugen von Keyserling, 1879
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha cognata Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Longjawed orb weaversLeucauge argentea Eugen von Keyserling, 1865
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850
Longjawed orb weaversMetabus conacyt Álvarez-Padilla, 2007
Longjawed orb weaversDolichognatha pentagona Hentz, 1850
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa alboguttata Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Longjawed orb weaversChrysometa nuboso Herbert W. Levi, 1986
Longjawed orb weaversTetragnatha confraterna Banks, 1909
Longjawed orbweaverTetragnatha panopea L. Koch, 1872
Longjawed orbweaverTetragnatha macilenta L. Koch, 1872
Longjawed orbweaversTetragnatha Latreille, 1804


M
Madagascar Hermit SpiderNephilingis livida Vinson, 1863
Madagascar Trunk WeaverClitaetra perroti Eugène Simon, 1894
Miller's Coin SpiderHerennia milleri Kuntner, 2005


N
Northern golden orb weaverNephila pilipes Fabricius, 1793


O
Orbweaving cave spiderMeta menardi Latreille, 1804
Orchard Orb-weaverLeucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841
Orchard orbweaverLeucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841
Orchard orbweb spiderLeucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841
Orchard SpiderLeucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841
Orchard Spider And AlliesLeucauge White, 1841
Ornamental tree trunk spiderHerennia multipuncta Doleschall, 1859


P
Pacific Golden Orb WeaverNephila plumipes Latreille, 1804
Papuan Coin SpiderHerennia papuana Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell, 1881
Papuan Hermit SpiderNephilengys papuana Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell, 1881
Pear shaped LeucaugeOpadometa fastigata Eugène Simon, 1877
Philippine Coin SpiderHerennia gagamba Kuntner, 2005


R
Red-legged golden orb-web spiderNephila inaurata madagascariensis Vinson, 1863
Red-legged golden orb-web spiderNephila inaurata Walckenaer, 1842
Reunion Hermit SpiderNephilingis borbonica Vinson, 1863


S
Shadow Stretch-spiderTetragnatha montana Simon, 1874
Silver longjawed orbweaverTetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850
Silver Orb-weaverLeucauge dromedaria Thorell, 1881
Silver Orb-weaver SpiderLeucauge granulata Walckenaer, 1842
Silver ord spiderLeucauge dromedaria Thorell, 1881
Silver Stretch-spiderTetragnatha pinicola L. Koch, 1870
Sonja's Coin SpiderHerennia sonja Kuntner, 2005
SpiderTetragnatha nitens Audouin, 1826
Spotted Coin SpiderHerennia multipuncta Doleschall, 1859
Spotted Golden Orb WeaverNephila sexpunctata Giebel, 1867
Sri Lankan Trunk WeaverClitaetra thisbe Simon, 1903
Stretch spiderTetragnatha Latreille, 1804
Stretch SpidersTetragnatha Latreille, 1804
Striped Stretch-spiderTetragnatha striata L. Koch, 1862
Sumatran Coin SpiderHerennia jernej Kuntner, 2005
Sumptuous Golden Orb WeaverNephila sumptuosa Gerstäcker, 1873


T
Thickjawed Orb WeaversPachygnatha Sundevall, 1823
Thickjawed orbweaversPachygnatha Sundevall, 1823
Tiger SpiderNephila plumipes Latreille, 1804
Tone's Coin SpiderHerennia tone Kuntner, 2005
Turner's Golden Orb WeaverNephila turneri Blackwall, 1833


V
Venusta Orchard SpiderLeucauge venusta Walckenaer, 1841


W
West African Trunk WeaverClitaetra clathrata Eugène Simon, 1907
White orb-web spiderNephilengys cruentata Fabricius, 1775


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