Metellina

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Metellina
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Metellina mengei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Metellina
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 [1]
Type species
Pachygnatha curtisi
McCook, 1894
Species

See text.

Diversity [1]
15 species
Synonyms [1]
  • MenosiraChikuni, 1955
Yellow orb weaver spider, female - Metellina segmentata Uk orb spider.jpg
Yellow orb weaver spider, female - Metellina segmentata

Metellina is a genus of tetragnathid spiders that occurs mostly in Eurasia, with two species found in North America. M. segmentata was introduced to Canada.

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Some researchers consider this genus to belong to a distinct family, the Metidae.

M. segmentata is probably the most abundant orb-weaving spider of Germany. [2]

Name

The genus name is an alteration of the related genus Meta .

Species

As of September 2018, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following extant species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Metellina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2018-09-21
  2. Bellmann, H. (1997). Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas. Kosmos.