Metellina

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.

Metellina
Metellina mengei
Scientific classification
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]
  • Menosira Chikuni, 1955
Yellow orb weaver spider, female - Metellina segmentata

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]

  • Metellina barreti (Kulczyński, 1899) – Madeira
  • Metellina curtisi (McCook, 1894) (type species) – North America
  • Metellina gertschi (Lessert, 1938) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Metellina haddadi Marusik & Larsen, 2018 – South Africa
  • Metellina kirgisica (Bakhvalov, 1974) – Azerbaijan, Central Asia, China
  • Metellina longipalpis (Pavesi, 1883) – Ethiopia
  • Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1869) – Europe to Caucasus, Iran, Russia (Europe to Altai)
  • Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763) – Europe, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Russia (Europe to Central Asia)
  • Metellina merianopsis (Tullgren, 1910) – Tanzania
  • Metellina mimetoides Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 – North America
  • Metellina minima (Denis, 1953) – Canary Islands
  • Metellina orientalis (Spassky, 1932) – Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
  • Metellina ornata (Chikuni, 1955) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
  • Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) – Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, China, Japan; introduced to Canada
  • Metellina villiersi (Denis, 1955) – Guinea

References
  1. "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.
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