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Metatrachelas

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Metatrachelas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trachelidae
Genus: Metatrachelas
Bosselaers & Bosmans, 2010[1]
Type species
M. rayi (Simon, 1878)
Species
  • M. amabilis (Simon, 1878) — Algeria, Tunisia
  • M. macrochelis (Wunderlich, 1992) — Spain, Canary Is., Azores, Algeria
  • M. rayi (Simon, 1878) — Spain, France, Italy, Algeria

Metatrachelas is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Trachelidae, first described by J. Bosselaers & R. Bosmans in 2010.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only three species.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Metatrachelas Bosselaers & Bosmans, 2010". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  2. ^ Bosselaers, J.; Bosmans, R. (2010). "Studies in Corinnidae (Araneae): a new Paratrachelas Kovblyuk & Nadolny from Algeria, as well as the description of a new genus of Old World Trachelinae". Zootaxa. 2612: 41–56. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2612.1.3.