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Genus: Metellina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 | Family: Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866

Metellina villiersi Denis, 1955

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013904

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Described:

Distribution: Guinea

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Type Repository Provide information

It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Denis can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -

Taxonomic References

Meta villiersi Denis, 1955c: 1031, f. 8-1O (Dmf) Original description

Metellina villiersi Marusik & Larsen, 2018: 212 (T from Meta)

References

Denis, J. (1955c). Speologica africana: quelques araignées cavernicoles de Guinée française. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire 17(A): 1024-1033. -- Show included taxa

Marusik, Y. M. & Larsen, N. (2018). A synopsis of African Metellina (Aranei, Tetragnathidae, Metainae) with description of a new species from South Africa. Vestnik Zoologii 52(3): 205-216. doi: 10.2478/vzoo-2018-0021 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2018-07-27	New taxonomic reference entry	Marusik & Larsen, 2018
2018-07-27	Species transferred to new genus	Marusik & Larsen, 2018		Species transferred from Meta to Metellina