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.

Gen. Mesida Kulczyński, 1911 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01385

Mesida argentiopunctata (Rainbow, 1916) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013857

Meta argentiopunctata Rainbow, 1916a: 85, pl. 21, f. 6-8 (Dmf) Original description

Mesida argentiopunctata Davies & Gallon, 1986: 234 (Tmf from Meta)

Mesida argentiopunctata Davies, 1988b: 288, f. 15 (mf)

Mesida argentiopunctata Álvarez-Padilla et al., 2009: 139, f. 8g (m)

Mesida argentiopunctata Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 770, f. 51A-G, 52A-H, 53A-F, 54A-F, 55A-D (mf)

Mesida culta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) | | India, Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014397

Tetragnatha culta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869b: 390, pl. 13, f. 69-75 (Dmf) Original description

Leucauge sexpustulata Simon, 1906c: 307 (Df)

Leucauge culta Gravely, 1921b: 453, f. 8a

Anopas cultus Archer, 1951a: 8 (Tmf from Leucauge)

Leucauge culta Tikader, 1982a: 87, f. 172-174 (f)

Mesida culta Sankaran et al., 2017b: 315 (T from Tylorida)

Mesida gemmea (van Hasselt, 1882) | | Myanmar to Indonesia (Java), Taiwan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013858

Meta gemmea van Hasselt, 1882: 26, pl. 2, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Argyroepeira gemmea Thorell, 1890a: 206

Argyroepeira gemmea Thorell, 1895b: 152 (Dm)

Argyroepeira gemmea Workman, 1896: 56, pl. 56 (f)

Leucauge gemmea Simon, 1905c: 61

Mesida gemmea Chrysanthus, 1975: 27, f. 103 (Tmf from Leucauge)

Mesida gemmea Tso & Tanikawa, 2000: 129, f. 10-16 (mf)

Mesida gemmea Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 263, f. 144A-I, 145A-F (mf)

Mesida grayi Chrysanthus, 1975 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013859

Mesida grayi Chrysanthus, 1975: 28, f. 111-112 (Df) Original description

Mesida humilis Kulczyński, 1911 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013860

Mesida humilis Kulczyński, 1911c: 462, pl. 19, f. 33 (Df) Original description

Mesida humilis Chrysanthus, 1963: 727, f. 5-8 (f, Dm)

Mesida matinika Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013861

Mesida matinika Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 533, f. 330a-h (Dm) Original description

Mesida mindiptanensis Chrysanthus, 1975 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013862

Mesida mindiptanensis Chrysanthus, 1975: 30, f. 113-114 (Df) Original description

Mesida pumila (Thorell, 1877) | | Indonesia (Sumatra) to New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013863

Meta pumila Thorell, 1877b: 429 (Df) Original description

Meta pumila van Hasselt, 1882: 26 (Dm)

Argyroepeira pumila Thorell, 1890a: 208

Mesida pumila Chrysanthus, 1975: 27, f. 104-108 (Tmf from Leucauge)

Mesida realensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013864

Mesida realensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 533, f. 329a-g (Dm) Original description

Mesida thorelli (Blackwall, 1877) | | Seychelles, Mayotte urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013823

Tetragnatha thorellii Blackwall, 1877: 21, pl. 2, f. 15 (Df) Original description

Argyroepeira thorelli Simon, 1898c: 278

Leucauge thorelli Benoit, 1978f: 668, f. 3A-B (f, Dm)

Mesida thorelli Saaristo, 2003: 19, f. 8-14 (Tmf from Leucauge)

Mesida thorelli Saaristo, 2010: 230, f. 36.9-18 (mf)

Mesida thorelli mauritiana (Simon, 1898) | | Mauritius urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013824

Argyroepeira thorelli mauritiana Simon, 1898c: 278 (Df) Original description

Mesida wilsoni Chrysanthus, 1975 | | New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013865

Mesida wilsoni Chrysanthus, 1975: 28, f. 109-110 (Df) Original description

Mesida yangbi Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038589

Mesida yangbi Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 262, f. 146A-F, pl. VIIIE-H (Dmf) Original description

Mesida yini Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 | | China, Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038590

Mesida yini Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 264, f. 147A-E (Dm) Original description

Mesida yini Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2011b: 21, f. 46-52 (mf)