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:

Afiamalu Marples, 1955 = Dolichognatha O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 (Levi, 1981a: 277)

Atimiosa Simon, 1895 = Dolichognatha O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 (Dimitrov, Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2010: 6)

Homalopoltys Simon, 1895 = Dolichognatha O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 (Smith, 2008: 10)

Landana Simon, 1884 = Dolichognatha O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 (Levi, 1981a: 277)

Nicholasia Bryant & Archer, 1940 = Dolichognatha O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 (Levi, 1981a: 277)

Paraebius Thorell, 1894 = Dolichognatha O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 (Levi, 1981a: 277)

Prolochus Thorell, 1895 = Dolichognatha O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 (Kallal & Hormiga, 2018a: 414, confirmed Levi, 1981a: 277, contra Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2014: 196)

Gen. Dolichognatha O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01372

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Landana Simon, 1884p: 185 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05575] (type L. petiti Simon, 1884, transferred from the Archaeidae to the Araneidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 289 and to the Tetragnathidae by Levi, 1981a: 277), Paraebius Thorell, 1894a: 43 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05577] (type P. mandibularis Thorell, 1894), Nicholasia Bryant & Archer, 1940: 60 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05576] (type Epeira pentagona Hentz, 1850) and Afiamalu Marples, 1955a: 495 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05574] (type A. richardi Marples, 1955) by Levi, 1981a: 277, of Homalopoltys Simon, 1895a: 894 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01492] (type H. albidus Simon, 1895) by Smith, 2008: 10, of Atimiosa Simon, 1895g: 154 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01364] (type A. quinquemucronata Simon, 1895) by Dimitrov, Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2010: 6, and of Prolochus Thorell, 1895: 122 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04312] (type P. longiceps Thorell, 1895) by Levi, 1981a: 277 (confirmed by Kallal & Hormiga, 2018: 415, contra Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2014: 196).

Transferred to other genera:

Dolichognatha edwardsi (Simon, 1904) -- see Mollemeta

In synonymy:

Dolichognatha tuberculata (Keyserling, 1893) = Dolichognatha pentagona Hentz, 1850 (Bryant & Archer, 1940: 61, sub Nicholasia)

Dolichognatha aethiopica Tullgren, 1910 | | East Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013605

Dolichognatha aethiopica Tullgren, 1910: 155, pl. 4, f. 90 (Df) Original description

Dolichognatha albida (Simon, 1895) | | Sri Lanka, Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016140

Homalopoltys albidus Simon, 1895a: 894 (Df) Original description

Dolichognatha albida Smith, 2008: 11, f. 17-28 (f)

Dolichognatha baforti (Legendre, 1967) | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013606

Landana baforti Legendre, 1967b: 93, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description

Dolichognatha bannaensis Wang, Zhang & Peng, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052053

Dolichognatha bannaensis Wang, Zhang & Peng, 2020: 197, f. 1A-B, 2A-E, 3A-J (Dmf) Original description

Dolichognatha comorensis (Schmidt & Krause, 1993) | | Comoros urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013445

Atimiosa comorensis Schmidt & Krause, 1993a: 6, f. 10-11 (Dm; N.B.: figures in Schmidt & Krause, 1993c) Original description

Atimiosa comorensis Schmidt & Krause, 1994a: 5, f. 1-2 (m)

Dolichognatha comorensis Dimitrov, Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2010: 15, f. 2A-E, 3A-C (m)

Dolichognatha cygnea (Simon, 1893) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013607

Landana cygnea Simon, 1893e: 329 (Dmf) Original description

Landana cygnea Simon, 1895a: 732, f. 814-815 (m)

Dolichognatha deelemanae Smith, 2008 | | Borneo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041719

Dolichognatha deelemanae Smith, 2008: 13, f. 29-37 (Dmf) Original description

Dolichognatha ducke Lise, 1993 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013608

Dolichognatha ducke Lise, 1993: 97, f. 14-18 (Dm) Original description

Dolichognatha erwini Brescovit & Cunha, 2001 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037645

Dolichognatha erwini Brescovit & Cunha, 2001: 102, f. 30-38 (Dmf) Original description

Dolichognatha incanescens (Simon, 1895) | | Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Borneo), New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016141

Homalopoltys incanescens Simon, 1895a: 893 (Df) Original description

Dolichognatha incanescens Smith, 2008: 15, f. 1-16, 38-53 (f, Dm)

Dolichognatha junlitjri (Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2014) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048363

Prolochus junlitjri Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2014: 196, f. 1A-N (Dmf) Original description

Dolichognatha junlitjri Kallal & Hormiga, 2018a: 415 (T from Prolochus)

Dolichognatha kampa Brescovit & Cunha, 2001 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037646

Dolichognatha kampa Brescovit & Cunha, 2001: 99, f. 16-20 (Df) Original description

Dolichognatha kratochvili (Lessert, 1938) | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013610

Landana kratochvili Lessert, 1938: 439, f. 20-25 (Dm) Original description

Dolichognatha lodiculafaciens (Hingston, 1932) | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013611

Epeira lodiculafaciens Hingston, 1932: 365 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora lodiculafaciens Levi, 1995b: 209 (Tf from Araneus)

Dolichognatha lodiculafaciens Eberhard in Levi, 1997: 252 (Tf from Cyrtophora)

Dolichognatha lonarensis Bodkhe & Manthen, 2015 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047893

Dolichognatha lonarensis Bodkhe & Manthen, 2015: 28, f. 1-10 (Df) Original description

Dolichognatha longiceps (Thorell, 1895) | | India, Myanmar, Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013612

Prolochus longiceps Simon, 1895a: 932, f. 1004 (m)

Prolochus longiceps Thorell, 1895b: 122 (Dmf) Original description

Dolichognatha longiceps Dimitrov, Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2010: 15, f. 4A-F, 5A-D, 6A-D, 7 (mf)

Dolichognatha longiceps Sunil Jose, 2014: 474, f. 1A-D, 2A-E (f)

Dolichognatha longiceps Kallal & Hormiga, 2018a: 415, f. 3C (m, T from Prolochus)

Dolichognatha mandibularis (Thorell, 1894) | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013613

Paraebius mandibularis Thorell, 1894: 44 (Dm) Original description

Dolichognatha mandibularis Smith, 2008: 18, f. 54-50 (m)

Dolichognatha mapia Brescovit & Cunha, 2001 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037647

Dolichognatha mapia Brescovit & Cunha, 2001: 100, f. 21-29 (Dmf) Original description

Dolichognatha maturaca Lise, 1993 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013614

Dolichognatha maturaca Lise, 1993: 96, f. 1-13 (Dm) Original description

Dolichognatha maturaca Brescovit & Cunha, 2001: 97, f. 1-15 (m, Df)

Dolichognatha minuscula (Mello-Leitão, 1940) | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013615

Cyclosa minuscula Mello-Leitão, 1940c: 179, f. 4-5 (Dm) Original description

Dolichognatha minuscula Levi, 1981a: 280 (Tm from Cyclosa)

Dolichognatha nietneri O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013616

Dolichognatha nietneri O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869b: 388, pl. 12, f. 39-45 (Dm) Original description

Dolichognatha nietneri Simon, 1894a: 743, f. 822 (m)

Dolichognatha pentagona (Hentz, 1850) | | USA to Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013617

Epeira pentagona Hentz, 1850: 18, pl. 3, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Cyrtophora tuberculata Keyserling, 1893: 265, pl. 14, f. 197 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054873]

Cyrtophora tuberculata McCook, 1894: 236, pl. 17, f. 11 (f)

Dolichognatha diversa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895a: 147, pl. 20, f. 9 (Df)

Dolichognatha tuberculata Simon, 1898i: 872

Araneus pentagonus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 309

Nicholasia pentagona Bryant & Archer, 1940: 61, f. 1A-B (mf, T from Araneus, S of Dolichognatha tuberculata)

Dolichognatha tuberculata Kraus, 1955b: 27, f. 75 (f)

Dolichognatha pentagona Levi, 1981a: 282, f. 1-15 (mf)

Dolichognatha pentagona Coddington, 1990: 16, f. 50 (m)

Dolichognatha pentagona Hormiga, Eberhard & Coddington, 1995: 326, f. 7F-G (m)

Dolichognatha pentagona Álvarez-Padilla et al., 2009: 140, f. 11d (m)

Dolichognatha pentagona Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 759, f. 31A-G, 32A-G, 33A-E, 34A-F, 35A-D (mf)

Dolichognatha petiti (Simon, 1884) | | Congo, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013618

Landana petiti Simon, 1884m: 185, f. 1-5 (Dm) Original description

Landana petiti Simon, 1895a: 737, f. 812-813, 816 (m)

Landana petiti Simon, 1907d: 280 (Df)

Dolichognatha pinheiral Brescovit & Cunha, 2001 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037648

Dolichognatha pinheiral Brescovit & Cunha, 2001: 103, f. 39-48 (Dmf) Original description

Dolichognatha proserpina (Mello-Leitão, 1943) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013619

Landana proserpina Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 181 (Df; N.B.: misplaced in this genus, perhaps a Leucauge, per Brescovit & Cunha, 2001: 97) Original description

Dolichognatha quadrituberculata (Keyserling, 1883) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013620

Meta quadrituberculata Keyserling, 1883a: 207, pl. 15, f. 11 (Df) Original description

Argyroepeira quadrituberculata Keyserling, 1893: 319, pl. 16, f. 235 (f)

Mecynometa quadrituberculata Petrunkevitch, 1911: 361

Dolichognatha quadrituberculata Levi, 1981a: 280 (T from Mecynometa)

Dolichognatha quinquemucronata (Simon, 1895) | j | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013446

Atimiosa quinquemucronata Simon, 1894a: 742, f. 826 (nomen nudum)

Atimiosa quinquemucronata Simon, 1895g: 154 (Dj) Original description

Dolichognatha quinquemucronata Dimitrov, Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2010: 11, f. 1A-E (j)

Dolichognatha raveni Smith, 2008 | | New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041720

Dolichognatha raveni Smith, 2008: 20, f. 61-71 (Dmf) Original description

Dolichognatha richardi (Marples, 1955) | | Samoa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013621

Afiamalu richardi Marples, 1955a: 495, pl. 58, f. 6-7, 10 (Dmf) Original description

Dolichognatha spinosa (Petrunkevitch, 1939) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013622

Landana spinosa Petrunkevitch, 1939c: 497, f. 1-9, 20 (Dm) Original description

Landana spinosa Chickering, 1943a: 317, f. 1-8 (Df)

Dolichognatha tigrina Simon, 1893 | | Caribbean, northern South America urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013623

Dolichognatha tigrina Simon, 1893e: 330 (Dm) Original description

Dolichognatha tigrina Simon, 1894a: 740, f. 825 (m)

Nicholasia tigrina Archer, 1958: 4, f. 9 (removed m from S of D. tuberculata=pentagona, Df)

Dolichognatha umbrophila Tanikawa, 1991 | | Taiwan, Japan (Okinawa Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013624

Dolichognatha umbrophila Tanikawa, 1991c: 38, f. 1-10 (Dmf) Original description

Dolichognatha umbrophila Chang & Tso, 2004: 31, f. 19-22 (mf)

Dolichognatha umbrophila Tanikawa, 2007c: 96, f. 318-319, 772-773 (mf)

Dolichognatha umbrophila Tanikawa, 2009: 406, f. 9-10 (mf)

Dolichognatha yue Lin & Li, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054897

Dolichognatha yue Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2022c: 258, f. 52A-C, 53A-B, 54A-C, 55A-B (Dmf) Original description