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Metellina

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Metellina
Metellina mengei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Metellina
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941[1]
Type species
Pachygnatha curtisi
McCook, 1894
Species

See text.

Diversity[1]
15 species
Synonyms[1]
  • Menosira Chikuni, 1955
Yellow orb weaver spider, female - Metellina segmentata

Metellina is a genus of tetragnathid spiders that occurs mostly in Eurasia, with two species found in North America. M. segmentata was introduced to Canada.

Some researchers consider this genus to belong to a distinct family, the Metidae.

M. segmentata is probably the most abundant orb-weaving spider of Germany.[2]

Name

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The genus name is an alteration of the related genus Meta.

Species

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As of September 2018, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following extant species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Gen. Metellina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2018-09-21
  2. ^ Bellmann, H. (1997). Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas. Kosmos.