Taxon details
Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763)
- Rank: Species
- Status: accepted
- Described:
- Last updated: 2024-04-15
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013918]
- Distribution: Europe, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Russia (Europe to Central Asia)
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Aranea fusca De Geer, 1778: 335, pl. 11, f. 9-12 (Df).
Aranea fusca Olivier, 1789: 204.
Aranea antriada Walckenaer, 1802: 201 (Df).
Epeira antriada Walckenaer, 1805: 62.
Epeira inclinata Sundevall, 1833a: 250 (Df, var. b).
Meta merianae C. L. Koch, 1835: 134, pl. 14-16 (mf).
Meta merianae C. L. Koch, 1841a: 121, f. 688-690 (Dmf).
Meta muraria C. L. Koch, 1841a: 125, f. 693-694 (Dmf).
Epeira celata Blackwall, 1841a: 668 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013919].
Meta fusca Thorell, 1856: 98.
Meta fusca Westring, 1861: 76 (Dm).
Zilla antriada Simon, 1864: 237.
Epeira antriada Blackwall, 1864a: 351, pl. 26, f. 253 (mf).
Epeira celata Blackwall, 1864a: 353, pl. 26, f. 254 (mf).
Meta muraria Menge, 1866: 88, pl. 14, f. 25 (mf).
Meta merianae Thorell, 1870a: 36.
Meta subterranea Lebert, 1877: 137 (Dm).
Meta merianae Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 139, pl. 6, f. 2 (mf).
Meta merianae celata Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 139.
Meta merianae Simon, 1894a: 730, f. 811 (m).
Meta merianae Becker, 1896: (2): 58, pl. 11, f. 4 (mf).
Meta merianae Bösenberg, 1901: 47, pl. 3, f. 38 (mf).
Meta merianae Bacelar, 1929: 260, f. 13-14 (mf).
Meta merianae Simon, 1929: 656, 752, f. 1007-1008 (mf).
Meta merianae Wiehle, 1931: 125, f. 202-204 (mf, S of Meta merianae celata).
Meta merianae Drensky, 1943: 247, f. 31 (mf).
Meta merianae Locket & Millidge, 1953: 117, f. 76D, 77C (mf).
Meta merianae Miller, 1971: 201, pl. XXXVII, f. 7 (m).
Meta merianae Loksa, 1972: 71, f. 61A-B (mf).
Meta merianae Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 61, f. 36C (m).
Meta merianae Palmgren, 1974a: 41, f. 18a-d (mf).
Metellina merianae Levi, 1980a: 34, f. 108-111 (mf, T from Meta).
Meta merianae Heimer, 1982: 45, f. 14 (m).
Meta merianae Roberts, 1985: 202, f. 90c, 91c (mf).
Metellina merianae Levy, 1987: 255, f. 57-62 (f).
Metellina merianae Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 64, f. 138 (mf).
Meta merianae Roberts, 1995: 309, f. (mf).
Metellina merianae Roberts, 1998: 322, f. (mf).
Metellina merianae Trotta, 2005: 174, f. 428, 431 (mf).
Metellina merianae Almquist, 2006: 114, f. 133a-g (mf).
Metellina merianae Jäger, 2006d: 3, f. 1-3c-f (mf).
Meta merianae Wunderlich, 2008a: 95, f. 18, 19a-b (m).
Meta merianae Wunderlich, 2011: 209, f. 9 (m, S of Meta merianae celata confirmed).
Metellina merianae Isaia et al., 2011: 148, f. 2.85A-B, 2.86 (mf).
Metellina merianae Marusik et al., 2014a: 262, f. 8a-d (mf).
Metellina merianae Morano, 2020: 105, f. 7, 10-11 (mf).
Metellina merianae Hoyas, 2022: 168, f. 3-4 (f).
Almquist, S. (2006). Swedish Araneae, part 1 – families Atypidae to Hahniidae (Linyphiidae excluded). Insect Systematics & Evolution, Supplement 62(2005): 1-284. [publ. in 2006 per Jonsson, in litt.] -- Show included taxa
Bacelar, A. (1929). Notas aracnológicas. II. Caracteres dos palpos e epiginos de algunas aranhas portuguesas. Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciencias Naturais 10: 245-262. -- Show included taxa
Becker, L. (1896). Les arachnides de Belgique, deuxième et troisième parties. Annales du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 12(2): 1-127, pl. 1-25 & 12(3): 1-378, pl. 1-18. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.48721 -- Show included taxa
Blackwall, J. (1841a). The difference in the number of eyes with which spiders are provided proposed as the basis of their distribution into tribes; with descriptions of newly discovered species and the characters of a new family and three new genera of spiders. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 18(4): 601-670. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1838.tb00210.x -- Show included taxa
Blackwall, J. (1864a). A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Part II. Ray Society, London, pp. 175-384, pl. 13-29. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.143674 -- Show included taxa
Bösenberg, W. (1901). Die Spinnen Deutschlands. I. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14(1): 1-96, Pl. 1-8. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6508 -- Show included taxa
Chyzer, C. & Kulczyński, W. (1891). Araneae Hungariae. Tomus I. Academia Scientarum Hungaricae, Budapest, 170 pp., 4 Pls. -- Show included taxa
De Geer, C. (1778). Des araignées. In: Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes. Tome septième. Pierre Hesselberg, Stockholm, 176-324, pl. 11-19, 38-39. -- Show included taxa
Drensky, P. (1943). Die Spinnenfauna Bulgariens. VI. Unterordnung Arachnomorphae, II Gruppe Trionichia, Familie Euetrioidae. Bulletin des Institutions Royales d'Histoire Naturelle à Sophia 16: 219-254. -- Show included taxa
Heimer, S. (1982). Interne Arretierungsmechanismen an der Kopulationsorganen männlicher Spinnen (Arachnida, Araneae). Ein Beitrag zur Phylogenie der Araneoidea. Entomologische Abhandlungen, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 45: 35-64. -- Show included taxa
Heimer, S. & Nentwig, W. (1991). Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp. -- Show included taxa
Hoyas, J. (2022). Nuevos datos sobre Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Araneae) en la provincia de Toledo (España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 41: 168-169. -- Show included taxa
Isaia, M., Paschetta, M., Lana, E., Pantini, P., Schönhofer, A. L., Christian, E. & Badino, G. (2011). Subterranean arachnids of the western Italian Alps. Museo Regionale Scienze Naturali Torino, Monografie 47: 1-325. -- Show included taxa
Jäger, P. (2006d). I. Order Araneae. In: Gerecke, R. (ed.) Chelicerata: Araneae, Acari I. Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa 7/2-1, 1-13. -- Show included taxa
Koch, C. L. (1841a). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Achter Band, pp. 41-131, pl. 265-288 (f. 621-694); Neunter Band, pp. 1-56, pl. 289-306 (f. 695-726). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 -- Show included taxa
Koch, C. L. (1835). Arachniden. In: Herrich-Schäffer, G. A. W. (ed.) Deutschlands Insecten. Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg, Heft 127-134. [H. 127 & 134 moved from 1834 & 1836 after Nagel & Grieder, 2019: 109] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.15007 -- Show included taxa
Lebert, H. (1877). Die Spinnen der Schweiz, ihr Bau, ihr Leben, ihre systematische Übersicht. Neue Denkschriften der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 27: 1-321, pl. 1-6. -- Show included taxa
Levi, H. W. (1980a). The orb-weaver genus Mecynogea, the subfamily Metinae and the genera Pachygnatha, Glenognatha and Azilia of the subfamily Tetragnathinae north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 149: 1-74. -- Show included taxa
Levy, G. (1987). Spiders of the genera Araniella, Zygiella, Zilla and Mangora (Araneae, Araneidae) from Israel, with notes on Metellina species from Lebanon. Zoologica Scripta 16(3): 243-257. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1987.tb00071.x -- Show included taxa
Locket, G. H. & Millidge, A. F. (1953). British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp. -- Show included taxa
Locket, G. H., Millidge, A. F. & Merrett, P. (1974). British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp. -- Show included taxa
Loksa, I. (1972). Araneae II. Fauna Hungariae 109: 1-112. -- Show included taxa
Marusik, Y. M., Nadimi, A., Omelko, M. M. & Koponen, S. (2014a). First data about cave spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 60(3): 255-266. doi:10.1080/09397140.2014.943465 -- Show included taxa
Menge, A. (1866). Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung. Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig (N.F.) 1: 1-152, pl. 1-28. -- Show included taxa
Miller, F. (1971). Pavouci-Araneida. Klíč zvířeny ČSSR 4: 51-306. -- Show included taxa
Morano, E. (2020). La familia Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Araneae) en el área ibero-balear. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 37: 101-136. -- Show included taxa
Olivier, G. A. (1789). Araignée, Aranea. In: Encyclopédie Méthodique, Histoire Naturelle, Insectes. Tome quatrième. Panckoucke, Paris, pp. 173-240. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.82248 -- Show included taxa
Palmgren, P. (1974a). Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens. IV. Argiopidae, Tetragnathidae und Mimetidae. Fauna Fennica 24: 1-70. -- Show included taxa
Roberts, M. J. (1985). The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books, Colchester, England, 229 pp. -- Show included taxa
Roberts, M. J. (1995). Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa
Roberts, M. J. (1998). Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp. -- Show included taxa
Scopoli, J. A. (1763). Entomologia carniolica, exhibens insecta carniolae indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnaeana. Ioannis Thomae Trattner, Vindobonae [= Johannes Thomas Trattner, Wien/Vienna], 420 pp. (Araneae, pp. 392-404). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.34434 -- Show included taxa
Simon, E. (1864). Histoire naturelle des araignées (aranéides). Paris, 540 pp. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.47654 -- Show included taxa
Simon, E. (1894a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 489-760. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 -- Show included taxa
Simon, E. (1929). Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 3e partie. Roret, Paris, 533-772. -- Show included taxa
Sundevall, C. J. (1833a). Svenska spindlarnes beskrifning. Fortsättning och slut. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 1832: 172-272. [publ. in 1833, see Blick & Kronestedt, 2000] -- Show included taxa
Thorell, T. (1856). Recensio critica aranearum suecicarum quas descripserunt Clerckius, Linnaeus, de Geerus. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis (3) 2(1): 61-176. [the cited page numbers at the single species refer to a separate, which started at p. 1] -- Show included taxa
Thorell, T. (1870a). Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Part I. C. J. Lundström, Uppsala, pp. 1-96. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.69282 -- Show included taxa
Trotta, A. (2005). Introduzione al ragni italiani (Arachnida Araneae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 83: 3-178. doi:10.4081/memorieSEI.2004.3 -- Show included taxa
Walckenaer, C. A. (1802). Faune parisienne. Insectes. Ou histoire abrégée des insectes de environs de Paris, classés d'après le système de Fabricius. Tome seconde. Dentu, Paris, pp. 187-250, 428-430. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.8151 -- Show included taxa
Walckenaer, C. A. (1805). Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Dentu, Paris, 88 pp. -- Show included taxa
Westring, N. (1861). Araneae svecicae. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 7: 1-615. [publ. also as separate in 1862] -- Show included taxa
Wiehle, H. (1931). Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea. 27. Familie. Araneidae. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 23: 47-136. -- Show included taxa
Wunderlich, J. (2008a). Descriptions of fossil spider (Araneae) taxa mainly in Baltic amber, as well as on certain related extant taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 5: 44-139, 803-804, 813-818. -- Show included taxa
Wunderlich, J. (2011). Extant and fossil spiders (Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 6: 1-640. -- Show included taxa
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Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
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2023-01-11 | New taxonomic reference entry | Hoyas, 2022 | n/a |
2021-01-04 | New taxonomic reference entry | Morano, 2020 | n/a |
2014-09-08 | New taxonomic reference entry | Marusik et al., 2014a | n/a |
2014-09-08 | Species distribution update | Marusik et al., 2014a | n/a (Old value) |