Family: Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0032] Back
Gen.
Metellina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01389 ]
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Menosira Chikuni, 1955: 31 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01384] (type M. ornata Chikuni, 1955) by Kallal & Hormiga, 2018: 415; the proposed synonymy with Meta C. L. Koch, 1836 (e.g. by Wunderlich, 1987a: 119, 1992a: 361, 2011: 205, Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix) was not followed by subsequent workers (e.g. Wunderlich, 2008a: 95) and the current status is confirmed by Kallal & Hormiga, 2018.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2024-06-11
2024-06-11
Described in
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941b: 14 (type Pachygnatha curtisi McCook, 1894; gender feminine)
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941b: 14 (type Pachygnatha curtisi McCook, 1894; gender feminine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 16 | accepted |
| 6 | synonym |
| 1 | nomen dubium |
Reference
Edit history
Chamberlin, R. V. & Ivie, W. (1941b). Spiders collected by L. W. Saylor and others, mostly in California. Bulletin of the University of Utah 31(8): 1-49. 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-09 | Genus synonymy | Kallal & Hormiga, 2018a | Menosira synonymized with Metellina |