World Spider Catalog

Desidae Pocock, 1895

Family | ACCEPTED

In synonymy:

Aebutinoides Mello-Leitão, 1943 = Metaltella Mello-Leitão, 1931 (Lehtinen, 1967: 209)

Exlinea Lehtinen, 1967 = Metaltella Mello-Leitão, 1931 (Leech, 1971: 26)

Gen. Metaltella Mello-Leitão, 1931 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01915

type Amaurobius iheringi Keyserling, 1891; gender feminine

N.B.: transferred from the Dictynidae to the Amaurobiidae by Lehtinen, 1967, to Amphinectidae by Davies, 1998a: 242 and to Desidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 606; considered a senior synonym of Aebutinoides Mello-Leitão, 1943c: 101 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05169] (type A. tigrinus Mello-Leitão, 1943) (transferred from the Dictynidae) by Lehtinen, 1967: 209 and of Exlinea Lehtinen, 1967: 234 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05173] (type Clubiona rorulenta Nicolet, 1849) by Leech, 1971: 26; transfer of Metaltella simoni to Amaurobiidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here, furthermore is it not the type species of the genus.

In synonymy:

Metaltella argentinensis Mello-Leitão, 1931 = Metaltella iheringi (Keyserling, 1891) (Lehtinen, 1967: 248)

Metaltella biseriata (Tullgren, 1905, T from Auximus) = Metaltella simoni (Keyserling, 1878) (Lehtinen, 1967: 248)

Metaltella crispa (Mello-Leitão, 1941, T from Auximus) = Metaltella simoni (Keyserling, 1878) (Lehtinen, 1967: 248)

Metaltella illudens (Mello-Leitão, 1940, T from Amaurobius) = Metaltella rorulenta (Nicolet, 1849) (Lehtinen, 1967: 234, sub Exlinea)

Metaltella platei (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899, T from Amaurobius) = Metaltella rorulenta (Nicolet, 1849) (Lehtinen, 1967: 234, sub Exlinea)

Metaltella segmentata (Mello-Leitão, 1943, T from Auximus) = Metaltella iheringi (Keyserling, 1891) (Lehtinen, 1967: 248)

Metaltella arcoiris (Mello-Leitão, 1943) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021758

Amaurobius arcoiris Mello-Leitão, 1943f: 403, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Exlinea arcoiris Lehtinen, 1967: 234, f. 194 (f, T from Amaurobius)

Metaltella iheringi (Keyserling, 1891) | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021759 TYPE SPECIES

Amaurobius iheringii Keyserling, 1891: 154, pl. 4, f. 107a-b (Dm; f see Metaltella simoni) Original description

Metaltella argentinensis Mello-Leitão, 1931c: 94 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060173]

Auximus segmentatus Mello-Leitão, 1943c: 103, f. 3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060178]

Metaltella iheringi Lehtinen, 1967: 248 (T from Amaurobius, S of Auximus segmentatus and Metaltella argentinensis)

Metaltella imitans (Mello-Leitão, 1940) | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021760

Amaurobius imitans Mello-Leitão, 1940b: 15, f. 15-16 (Dm) Original description

Metaltella imitans Lehtinen, 1967: 248 (T from Amaurobius)

Metaltella rorulenta (Nicolet, 1849) | | Peru, Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021761

Clubiona rorulenta Nicolet, 1849: 437 (Df) Original description

Amaurobius rorulentus Simon, 1892a: 237

Amaurobius platei F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899b: 18, pl. 2, f. 3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060177]

Amaurobius rorulentus Simon, 1902h: 10 (Dm)

Amaurobius illudens Mello-Leitão, 1940b: 17, f. 17 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060176]

Exlinea rorulenta Lehtinen, 1967: 234, f. 192 (m, T from Amaurobius, S of Amaurobius illudens and A. platei)

Metaltella rorulenta Leech, 1971: 26

Metaltella simoni (Keyserling, 1878) | | Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina. Introduced to Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021762

Amaurobius simoni Keyserling, 1878a: 585, pl. 14, f. 11-12 (Dmf) Original description

Amaurobius iheringii Keyserling, 1891: 154, pl. 4, f. 107 (f; misidentified per Lehtinen, 1967: 248)

Auximus biseriatus Tullgren, 1905: 22, pl. 2, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060174]

Auximus crispus Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 117, pl. 3, f. 10, pl. 15-16 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060175]

Metaltella simoni Lehtinen, 1967: 248, f. 191 (m, removed from S of Amaurobius tristissimus [a nomen dubium], S of Auximus biseriatus and A. crispus)

Metaltella simoni Leech, 1971: 24, f. 4-6 (mf)

Metaltella simoni Leech, 1972: 107, f. 194-195, 390 (mf)

Metaltella simoni Gray, 1983b: 285, f. 30

Metaltella simoni Griswold et al., 2005: 12, f. 179D, 180D, 191A-B, 192A-C (mf)

Metaltella tigrina (Mello-Leitão, 1943) | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021763

Aebutinoides tigrinus Mello-Leitão, 1943c: 101, f. 1 (Df) Original description