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. Orsinome Thorell, 1890 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01400

Transferred to other genera:

Orsinome arborea (Urquhart, 1891) -- see Tawhai

Orsinome lagenifera (Urquhart, 1888) -- see Nanometa

Orsinome marmorea Pocock, 1901 -- see Tylorida

Orsinome sarasini Berland, 1924 -- see Nanometa

In synonymy:

Orsinome listeri Gravely, 1921 = Orsinome vethi van Hasselt, 1882 (Caleb, Ghosh & Kumar, 2018: 344)

Orsinome nepula (Tikader, 1970, T from Labulla) = Orsinome vethi van Hasselt, 1882 (Caleb, Ghosh & Kumar, 2018: 344)

Nomen dubium:

Orsinome vorkampiana Strand, 1907d: 730, Strand, 1907o: 39 (mf, Madagascar) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 26

Orsinome armata Pocock, 1901 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014005

Orsinome armata Pocock, 1901d: 480 (Dm) Original description

Orsinome cavernicola (Thorell, 1878) | | Indonesia (Ambon) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014006

Meta cavernicola Thorell, 1878b: 102 (Df) Original description

Orsinome cavernicola Simon, 1894a: 736

Orsinome daiqin Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038597

Orsinome daiqin Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 291, f. 162A-F (Df) Original description

Orsinome diporusa Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038598

Orsinome diporusa Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 293, f. 163A-E (Df) Original description

Orsinome diporusa Wang, Lu & Zhang, 2020a: 35, f. 1A-D, 2A-G, 3A-D (Dm, f)

Orsinome elberti Strand, 1911 | | Timor urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014007

Orsinome elberti Strand, 1911b: 204 (Df) Original description

Orsinome elberti Strand, 1915d: 197, pl. 16, f. 48 (f)

Orsinome jiarui Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 | | China (Hainan) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038599

Orsinome jiarui Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 294, f. 164A-E (Df) Original description

Orsinome lorentzi Kulczyński, 1911 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014010

Orsinome lorentzii Kulczyński, 1911c: 451, pl. 19, f. 27, 29, 34-35 (Dmf) Original description

Orsinome megaloverpa Hormiga & Kallal, 2018 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050243

Orsinome megaloverpa Hormiga & Kallal in Kallal & Hormiga, 2018a: 417, f. 8A-G, 9A-E, 10A-I (Dmf) Original description

Orsinome monulfi Chrysanthus, 1971 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014012

Orsinome monulfi Chrysanthus, 1971: 40, f. 82-84 (Df) Original description

Orsinome phrygiana Simon, 1901 | | Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014013

Orsinome phrygiana Simon, 1901k: 56 (Dm) Original description

Orsinome pilatrix (Thorell, 1878) | | Indonesia (Ambon) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014014

Meta pilatrix Thorell, 1878b: 99 (Df) Original description

Orsinome pilatrix Simon, 1895a: 730, f. 805 (f)

Orsinome trappensis Schenkel, 1953 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014016

Orsinome trappensis Schenkel, 1953b: 32, f. 16a-c (Df) Original description

Orsinome vethi (van Hasselt, 1882) | | India, China, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Flores) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014017

Pachygnatha vethii van Hasselt, 1882: 32 (Dm) Original description

Orsinome vethi Thorell, 1890a: 209 (Df)

Orsinome vethi Simon, 1895a: 736, f. 798-800

Orsinome listeri Gravely, 1921b: 449, f. 7c (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014009]

Labulla nepula Tikader, 1970: 21, f. 13a-d (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:010997]

Leucauge lygisma Wang, 1991a: 154, f. 10-12 (m, misidentified)

Leucauge lygisma Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 216, f. 121J, 122G-H, 130N-O (m, misidentified)

Orsinome vethi Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 295, f. 165A-F, 166A-G, pl. XA-D (mf)

Labulla nepula Hormiga & Scharff, 2005: 393 (misplaced in this genus)

Orsinome vethi Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009: 33, f. 19-23 (f)

Orsinome vethi Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 791, f. 100A-G, 101A-H, 102A-F, 103A-F, 104A-D (mf)

Orsinome cf. vethi Sankaran et al., 2017b: 319, f. 12J-K, 20A-F, 21A-G (mf)

Orsinome vethi Caleb, Ghosh & Kumar, 2018: 343, f. 1-32 (mf, S of Orsinome listeri and Labulla nepula)