Meta Temporal range: | |
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Meta sp. with eggsac | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Tetragnathidae |
Genus: | Meta C. L. Koch, 1835 [1] |
Type species | |
M. menardi (Latreille, 1804) | |
Species | |
26, see text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Meta is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1835. [3] They are often associated with caves, caverns, and recesses, earning some of them the name "cave orbweavers"
As of March 2021 [update] it contains twenty-six species, found worldwide: [1]
Nomina dubia (dubious names) include: [1]
Xysticus is a genus of ground crab spiders described by C. L. Koch in 1835, belonging to the order Araneae, family Thomisidae. The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek root xyst, meaning "scraped, scraper".
Araniella is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by R. V. Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie in 1942. The genus includes Araniella cucurbitina, the cucumber green spider.
Episinus is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.
Cyclosa, also called trashline orbweavers, is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1866. Widely distributed worldwide, spiders of the genus Cyclosa build relatively small orb webs with a web decoration. The web decoration in Cyclosa spiders is often linear and includes prey remains and other debris, which probably serve to camouflage the spider. The name "Cyclosa" comes from Greek 'to move in a circle', referring to how it spins its web.
Clubiona is a genus of sac spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804.
Pardosa is a large genus of wolf spiders, commonly known as the thin-legged wolf spiders. It was first described by C. L. Koch, in 1847, with more than 500 described species that are found in all regions of the world.
Dictyna is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833.
Hahnia is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by C. L. Koch in 1841.
Micaria is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1851. They are 1.3 to 6.5 millimetres long.
Phrurolithus is a genus of araneomorph spiders first described by C. L. Koch in 1839. First placed with the Liocranidae, it was moved to the Corinnidae in 2002, then to the Phrurolithidae in 2014.