World Spider Catalog

Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Metidae Simon, 1894a: 726 (sub Meteae) by Heimer & Nentwig, 1982: 292 and Levi, 1986a: 93 (although not by Wunderlich, 1986: 115); Metidae/Metinae is preoccupied in the Copepoda and emened to Metainae by ICZN, 2013 (Opinion 2326) following the proposal of Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011b; Diphyini is preoccupied in the Hydrozoa and emened to Diphyaini by ICZN, 2021 (Opinion 3774) following the proposal of Marusik, 2018d; see also the notes at the Araneidae, Nephilidae and Phonognathidae; includes taxa placed by Forster & Forster, 1999: 166 in the "Nanometidae" (see Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 802); also Leucauginae Caporiacco, 1955: 318 and Pachygnathidae Menge, 1866: 94 are included; mentioning of "Tetragnathiens" by Simon, 1864: 325, but the French ending -iens was not accepted as taxon at familiar level by Bonnet and Platnick, and this is continued here; Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 list five subfamilies as valid: Diphyainae Simon, 1894a: 742 (sub Diphyeae), Leucauginae Caporiacco, 1955: 318, Metainae, Nanometinae Forster & Forster, 1999: 166 and Tetragnathinae.

Allende Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03772

In synonymy:

Allende aurora (Simon, 1901, T from Meta) = Allende longipes (Nicolet, 1849) (Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 314)

Allende chilensis (Tullgren, 1902, T from Metabus) = Allende longipes (Nicolet, 1849) (Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 314)

Allende cordillera (Tullgren, 1902, T from Metabus) = Allende longipes (Nicolet, 1849) (Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 314)

Allende echinatus (Tullgren, 1902, T from Metabus) = Allende patagiatus (Simon, 1901) (Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 312)

Allende porteri (Simon, 1900, T from Metabus) = Allende nigrohumeralis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) (Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 317)

Allende tortus (Tullgren, 1902, T from Metabus) = Allende longipes (Nicolet, 1849) (Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 314)

Allende longipes (Nicolet, 1849) | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013910

Epeira longipes Nicolet, 1849: 491 (Df) Original description

Meta longipes Simon, 1900c: 51

Meta aurora Simon, 1901b: 19 (Df)

Meta torta Tullgren, 1902: 21, pl. 2, f. 2 (Dm)

Meta chilensis Tullgren, 1902: 23, pl. 1, f. 7 (Df)

Meta cordillera Tullgren, 1902: 23, pl. 2, f. 3 (Df)

Metabus longipes Archer, 1963: 16 (Tf from Meta)

Metabus chilensis Archer, 1963: 16 (Tf from Meta)

Metabus cordillera Archer, 1963: 17 (Tf from Meta)

Metabus torta Archer, 1963: 17 (Tm from Meta)

Allende longipes Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 314, f. 6B-C, 9F-H, 18A-Q (Tf from Metabus, Sm)

Allende nigrohumeralis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) | | Chile (Juan Fernandez Is., mainland), Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013911

Meta nigrohumeralis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899b: 18, pl. 2, f. 4-5 (Df) Original description

Meta porteri Simon, 1900c: 51 (Df)

Metabus nigrohumeralis Archer, 1963: 17 (Tf from Meta)

Metabus porteri Archer, 1963: 17 (Tf from Meta)

Allende nigrohumeralis Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 317, f. 6D-E, 9I-J, 19A-P (Tf from Metabus, Dm, S)

Allende nigrohumeralis Álvarez-Padilla et al., 2009: 140, f. 11e, h (m)

Allende nigrohumeralis Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 721, f. 8A-F, 9A-G, 10A-F, 11A-F, 12A-F (mf)

Allende patagiatus (Simon, 1901) | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013892

Meta patagiata Simon, 1901b: 18 (Df) Original description

Meta echinata Tullgren, 1902: 19, pl. 2, f. 1 (Dm)

Metabus echinatus Archer, 1963: 17 (Tm from Meta)

Allende patagiatus Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 312, f. 6A, 17A-M (Tf from Meta, Sm)

Allende puyehuensis Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041041 TYPE SPECIES

Allende puyehuensis Álvarez-Padilla, 2007: 310, f. 5A-E, 16A-N (Dmf) Original description