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:

Metargyra F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 = Metabus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 (Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 297)

Gen. Metabus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01387

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Meta C. L. Koch, 1836 by Archer, 1951a: 5; considered a senior synonym of Metargyra F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 444 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05315] (type Argyroepeira debilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) by Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 297,

Transferred to other genera:

Metabus chilensis (Tullgren, 1902) -- see Allende

Metabus cordillera (Tullgren, 1902) -- see Allende

Metabus echinatus (Tullgren, 1902) -- see Allende

Metabus fuscolimbatus (Archer, 1958) -- see Chrysometa

Metabus longipes (Nicolet, 1849) -- see Allende

Metabus maculatus (Bryant, 1945) -- see Chrysometa

Metabus nigrohumeralis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) -- see Allende

Metabus porteri (Simon, 1900) -- see Allende

Metabus tortus (Tullgren, 1902) -- see Allende

In synonymy:

Metabus gravidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 = Metabus ocellatus Keyserling, 1864 (Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 300)

Nomen dubium:

Metabus fuegianus (Simon, 1902h: 26, j, Chile, originally in Meta) -- Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 300

Metabus conacyt Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 | | Mexico, Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041045

Metabus conacyt Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 306, f. 15A-H (Dmf) Original description

Metabus debilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) | | Mexico to Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013914

Argyroepeira debilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 5, pl. 1, f. 9 (Df) Original description

Argyroepeira debilis Keyserling, 1893: 365, pl. 19, f. 272 (f)

Argyroepeira debilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 218, pl. 28, f. 4-5 (f, Dm)

Metargyra debilis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 444, pl. 42, f. 15-16 (mf)

Metabus debilis Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 304, f. 13A-H (mf)

Metabus ebanoverde Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 | | Guatemala, Dominican Rep. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041046

Metabus ebanoverde Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 306, f. 14A-H (Dmf) Original description

Metabus ocellatus (Keyserling, 1864) | | Mexico to French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013778

Tetragnatha ocellata Keyserling, 1864: 149, pl. 7, f. 7-9 (Dmf) Original description

Argyroepeira ocellata Keyserling, 1893: 336, pl. 17, f. 248 (f)

Metabus gravidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 299, pl. 37, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013909]

Meta gravida F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 446

Leucauge ocellata Petrunkevitch, 1911: 356

Meta gravida Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 109, f. 19-21 (f, Dm)

Metabus gravidus Nentwig, 1993: 122, f. 141a-c (mf, T from Meta, after Archer, 1951)

Metabus ocellatus Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 300, f. 3A-E, 4A-E, 9A-E, 12A-L (mf, T from Leucauge, S of Metabus gravidus)

Metabus ocellatus Álvarez-Padilla et al., 2009: 138, f. 8c (f)

Metabus ocellatus Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 776, f. 61A-G, 62A-H, 63A-F, 64A-F, 65A-D (mf)