Metaltella Mello-Leitão, 1931

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: transferred from the Dictynidae to the Amaurobiidae by Lehtinen, 1967, to Amphinectidae by Davies, 1998a: 242 and to Desidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 606; considered a senior synonym of Aebutinoides Mello-Leitão, 1943c: 101 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05169] (type A. tigrinus Mello-Leitão, 1943) (transferred from the Dictynidae) by Lehtinen, 1967: 209 and of Exlinea Lehtinen, 1967: 234 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05173] (type Clubiona rorulenta Nicolet, 1849) by Leech, 1971: 26; transfer of Metaltella simoni to Amaurobiidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here, furthermore is it not the type species of the genus.

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01915

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Last updated: 2024-03-11

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 6

SYNONYM: 6

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Mello-Leitão, 1931c: 94 type Amaurobius iheringi Keyserling, 1891; gender feminine
Reference

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1931c). Notas sobre arachnidos argentinos. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 3: 83-97. -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2022-05-09 Nota bene edited Old value
2017-11-14 Nota bene edited Old value
2017-11-14 Genus transferred to other family Wheeler et al., 2017 Metaltella Mello-Leitão, 1931 transferred to Desidae
2016-10-05 Nota bene edited Old value

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