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N.B.: the authorship of the family is corrected from Menge, 1866: 90 to Simon, 1864: 244 (sub Tetragnathiens) following the arguing by Marusik & Özkütük, 2026: 276, the French ending -iens was not accepted as taxon at familiar level by Bonnet, Platnick and in the WSC until 2026; considered a senior synonym of Metidae Simon, 1894a: 726 (sub Meteae) 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; Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 list five subfamilies as valid: Diphyainae Simon, 1894a: 742 (sub Diphyeae), Leucauginae Caporiacco, 1955: 318, Metainae, Nanometinae Forster & Forster, 1999: 166 and Tetragnathinae.
In synonymy:
Menosira Chikuni, 1955 = Metellina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 (Kallal & Hormiga, 2018a: 415)
In synonymy:
Metellina antriada (Walckenaer, 1802, T from Epeira) = Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763) (Thorell, 1870a: 36, sub Meta)
Metellina antrorum (Simon, 1907, T from Meta) = Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) (Loksa, 1972: 69, sub Meta)
Metellina canariensis (Schmidt, 1975) = Metellina minima (Denis, 1953) (Wunderlich, 1987a: 132, sub Meta)
Metellina fusca (De Geer, 1778) = Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763) (Thorell, 1870a: 36, sub Meta)
Metellina inclinata (Walckenaer, 1802, T from Epeira) = Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) (Thorell, 1870a: 39, sub Meta)
Metellina merianae celata (Blackwall, 1841) = Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763) (Wiehle, 1931: 126, sub Meta)
Metellina muraria (C. L. Koch, 1841) = Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763) (Simon, 1929: 752, sub Meta)
Metellina peckhami (McCook, 1894, T from Araneus) = Metellina curtisi (McCook, 1894) (Levi, 1980a: 35)
Metellina piniophila (Bremi-Wolff, 1884, T from Miranda) = Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) (Pavesi, 1884b: 127, sub Meta)
Metellina ramblae (Schmidt, 1975) = Metellina minima (Denis, 1953) (Wunderlich, 1987a: 132, sub Meta)
Metellina reticulata (Linnaeus, 1758) = Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) (ICZN, 1959: 89)
Metellina subterranea (Lebert, 1877) = Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763) (Simon, 1929: 752, sub Meta)
Metellina variegata (Risso, 1826, T from Epeira) = Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) (Thorell, 1870a: 39, sub Meta)
Nomen dubium:
Metellina nigra (Franganillo, 1920: 140, f, Portugal, originally in Meta) -- Wunderlich, 2011: 209
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