World Spider Catalog

Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Metidae Simon, 1894 by Heimer & Nentwig, 1982: 292 and Levi, 1986a: 93 (although not by Wunderlich, 1986: 115); Metidae/Metinae is preoccupied in the Copepoda and emened to Metainae by ICZN, 2013 (Opinion 2326) following the proposal of Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011b; Diphyini is preoccupied in the Hydrozoa and emened to Diphyaini by ICZN, 2021 (Opinion 3774) following the proposal of Marusik, 2018d; see also the notes at the Araneidae, Nephilidae and Phonognathidae; includes taxa placed by Forster & Forster, 1999: 166 in the "Nanometidae" (see Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 802); also Leucauginae Caporiacco, 1955: 318 and Pachygnathidae Menge, 1866: 94 are included; mentioning of "Tetragnathiens" by Simon, 1864: 325, but the French ending -iens was not accepted as taxon at familiar level by Bonnet and Platnick, and this is continued here.

In synonymy:

Agriognatha O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 = Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 1881 (Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 30)

Gen. Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 1881 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01368

N.B.: not a junior homonym of Cyrtognathus Falderman, 1835 (Coleoptera); considered a senior synonym of Agriognatha O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 212 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01361] (type A. bella O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) by Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 30 (contra Chickering, 1956b: 2).

Transferred to other genera:

Cyrtognatha exilima Mello-Leitão, 1943 -- see Tetragnatha

Cyrtognatha globosa Petrunkevitch, 1925 -- see Glenognatha

Cyrtognatha lactescens (Mello-Leitão, 1947) -- see Tetragnatha

Cyrtognatha producta Franganillo, 1930 -- see Tetragnatha

In synonymy:

Cyrtognatha argyra (Bryant, 1945, T from Agriognatha) = Cyrtognatha rucilla Bryant, 1945 (Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 73)

Nomen dubium:

Cyrtognatha aproducta Franganillo, 1926a: 52 (j, Cuba) -- Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 98

Cyrtognatha atopica Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042248

Cyrtognatha atopica Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 2009, f. 9A-G (Dm) Original description

Cyrtognatha bella (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013433

Agriognatha bella O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 213, pl. 28, f. 7 (Dm) Original description

Cyrtognatha bella Petrunkevitch, 1911: 335

Cyrtognatha bella Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 92, f. 58A-G (m)

Cyrtognatha bryantae (Chickering, 1956) | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013434

Agriognatha bryantae Chickering, 1956b: 2, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description

Cyrtognatha bryantae Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 81, f. 52A-E, 53A-E, 54A-I, 55A-G, 56A-G, 57A-C (mf)

Cyrtognatha catia Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042247

Cyrtognatha catia Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 35, f. 8A-G (Dm) Original description

Cyrtognatha eberhardi Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042249

Cyrtognatha eberhardi Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 37, f. 10A-G (Dm) Original description

Cyrtognatha espanola (Bryant, 1945) | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013435

Agriognatha espanola Bryant, 1945a: 399, f. 34 (Dmf) Original description

Agriognatha espanola Dimitrov, Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2007: 761, f. 3A-F, 10C-D, 12B (f)

Cyrtognatha espanola Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 62, f. 31A-E, 32A-D, 33A-H, 34A-F, 35A-H, 36A-F (mf)

Cyrtognatha espaniola Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 752, f. 23A-G, 24A-G, 25A-F (mf)

Cyrtognatha insolita (Chickering, 1956) | | Costa Rica, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013436

Agriognatha insolita Chickering, 1956c: 2, f. 1-6 (Dmf) Original description

Agriognatha insolita Dimitrov, Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2007: 763, f. 5A-F, 10A-B (f)

Cyrtognatha insolita Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 68, f. 37A-E, 38A-H, 39A-J, 40A-H (mf)

Cyrtognatha lepida (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013438

Argyroepeira lepida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 7, pl. 1, f, 8 (Df) Original description

Agriognatha lepida F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 437

Cyrtognatha lepida Petrunkevitch, 1911: 335

Cyrtognatha lepida Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 94, f. 59A-D (f)

Cyrtognatha leviorum Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042253

Cyrtognatha leviorum Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 47, f. 17A-G (Dm) Original description

Cyrtognatha morona Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042252

Cyrtognatha morona Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 44, f. 16A-G (Dm) Original description

Cyrtognatha nigrovittata Keyserling, 1881 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013591

Cyrtognatha nigrovittata Keyserling, 1881c: 276, pl. 11, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Cyrtognatha nigrovittata Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 98, f. 62A-E, 63A-C (m)

Cyrtognatha orphana Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042256

Cyrtognatha orphana Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 53, f. 22A-E, 23A-D (Dmf) Original description

Cyrtognatha pachygnathoides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) | | Costa Rica, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013439

Tetragnatha pachygnathoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894a: 144, pl. 18, f. 4 (Dm) Original description

Agriognatha pachygnathoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 213

Cyrtognatha pachygnathoides Petrunkevitch, 1911: 335

Cyrtognatha pachygnathoides Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 55, f. 6A-E, 25A-E, 26A-D, 27A-K, 28A-J, 29A-F, 30A-D (m, Df)

Cyrtognatha paradoxa Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042255

Cyrtognatha paradoxa Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 50, f. 20A-E, 21A-E (Dmf) Original description

Cyrtognatha pathetica Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 | | Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042257

Cyrtognatha pathetica Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 54, f. 24A-H (Df) Original description

Cyrtognatha petila Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042254

Cyrtognatha petila Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 47, f. 3E, 18A-E, 19A-E (Dmf) Original description

Cyrtognatha quichua Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042250

Cyrtognatha quichua Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 40, f. 1A-C, E, 11A-H, 12A-H, 13A-I, 14A-B (Dmf) Original description

Cyrtognatha rucilla (Bryant, 1945) | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013440

Agriognatha rucilla Bryant, 1945a: 401, f. 33 (Dmf) Original description

Agriognatha argyra Bryant, 1945a: 397, f. 35 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013432]

Cyrtognatha rucilla Wunderlich, 1988: 98, f. 193 (m)

Agriognatha rucilla Dimitrov, Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2007: 760, f. 1D, 2A-F, 10C-D, 12A (f)

Cyrtognatha rucilla Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 73, f. 1D, 2A-E, 41A-I, 42A-I, 43A-H, 44A-J, 45A-G, 46A-F (mf, S of Agriognatha argyra)

Cyrtognatha serrata Simon, 1898 | | Martinique, St. Vincent urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013592

Cyrtognatha serrata Simon, 1898i: 870 (Dmf) Original description

Cyrtognatha serrata Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 94, f. 60A-E, 61A-E (mf)

Cyrtognatha serrata Dierkens, 2010a: 36, f. 1-7 (m)

Cyrtognatha simoni (Bryant, 1940) | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013441

Agriognatha simoni Bryant, 1940: 355, f. 122, 124-125 (Dmf) Original description

Agriognatha simoni Dimitrov, Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2007: 762, f. 4A-F, 10C-D (f)

Cyrtognatha simoni Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 80, f. 47A-H, 48A-G, 49A-H, 50A-G, 51A-J (mf)

Cyrtognatha waorani Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042251

Cyrtognatha waorani Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2009: 44, f. 15A-G (Dm) Original description