Tmeticus

Tmeticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Tmeticus ; Menge, 1868
Type species
	T. affinis ; (Blackwall, 1855)
Species
	9, see text

Last updated January 25, 2026

Tmeticus is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.^[2]

Species

As of June 2022^[update] it contains nine species, found in Europe, North America, Siberia, East Asia, and the Urals:^[1]

Tmeticus affinis (Blackwall, 1855) (type) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Mongolia, Canada
Tmeticus brevipalpus Banks, 1901 – USA
Tmeticus maximus Emerton, 1882 – USA
Tmeticus neserigonoides Saito & Ono, 2001 – Japan
Tmeticus nigerrimus Saito & Ono, 2001 – Japan
Tmeticus nigriceps (Kulczyński, 1916) – Russia (Urals to Far East)
Tmeticus ornatus (Emerton, 1914) – USA, Canada
Tmeticus tolli Kulczyński, 1908 – Russia (mainland, Sakhalin), Mongolia, China
Tmeticus vulcanicus Saito & Ono, 2001 – Korea, Japan

References

1 2 "Gen. Tmeticus Menge, 1868". World Spider Catalog Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 3 June 2022.
↑ Menge, A. (1868). "Preussische Spinnen. II. Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 2: 153–218.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Gen. Tmeticus Menge, 1868". World Spider Catalog Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 3 June 2022.

[Meng1868-2] Menge, A. (1868). "Preussische Spinnen. II. Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 2: 153–218.

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