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Long jawed orb weaver

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraorder
  
Araneomorphae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Family

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Scientific name
  
Tetragnathidae

Higher classification
  
Araneoidea

Order
  
Spider

Long-jawed orb weaver Tetragnathidae Stretch spiders or long jawed orb weavers

Lower classifications
  
Longjawed Orbweavers, Leucauge, Metellina, Meta menardi, Pachygnatha

Long jawed orb weaver tetragnatha extensa


The long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (family Tetragnathidae) are elongated spiders with long legs and chelicerae.

Contents

The spiders are orb web weavers, weaving small orb webs with an open hub and few, wide-set radii and spirals. The webs have no signal line and no retreat. Some species are often found in long vegetation near water.

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The genus Nephila, or golden silk orb-weavers, named after the golden tint of their silk, has been separated into its own family, Nephilidae.

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Leucauge spider tetragnathidae long jawed orb weavers


Systematics

The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog.

  • Leucauginae

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  • Azilia Keyserling, 1881
  • Dianleucauge Song & Zhu, 1994
  • Eryciniolia Strand, 1912
  • Leucauge White, 1841
  • Mecynometa Simon, 1894
  • Memoratrix Petrunkevitch, 1942 † (fossil, oligocene)
  • Mesida Kulczyn'ski, 1911
  • Nanometa Simon, 1908
  • Okileucauge Tanikawa, 2001
  • Opadometa Archer, 1951
  • Pickardinella Archer, 1951
  • Tylorida Simon, 1894
  • Metinae

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  • Atelidea Simon, 1895
  • Atimiosa Simon, 1895
  • Chrysometa Simon, 1894
  • Diphya Nicolet, 1849
  • Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 1869
  • Homalometa Simon, 1897
  • Meta C. L. Koch, 1836
  • Metabus O. P.-Cambridge, 1899
  • Metargyra F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903
  • Metellina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941
  • Metleucauge Levi, 1980
  • Nanningia Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997
  • Parameta Simon, 1895
  • Prolochus Thorell, 1895
  • Schenkeliella Strand, 1934
  • Zygiometella Wunderlich, 1995
  • Tetragnathinae Menge, 1866

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  • Agriognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 1896
  • Antillognatha Bryant, 1945
  • Cyrtognatha Keyserling, 1881
  • Doryonychus Simon, 1900
  • Dyschiriognatha Simon, 1893
  • Glenognatha Simon, 1887
  • Hispanognatha Bryant, 1945
  • Mimicosa Petrunkevitch, 1925
  • Mitoscelis Thorell, 1890
  • Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1823
  • Prionolaema Simon, 1894
  • Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804
  • incertae sedis

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  • Alcimosphenus Simon, 1895 (formerly Araneidae)
  • Deliochus Simon, 1894 (formerly Nephilinae)
  • Eometa Petrunkevitch, 1958 † (fossil)
  • Guizygiella Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997
  • Leucognatha Wunderlich, 1992
  • Macryphantes Selden, 1990 † (fossil, limestone)
  • Menosira Chikuni, 1955
  • Neoprolochus Reimoser, 1927
  • Orsinome Thorell, 1890
  • Palaeometa Petrunkevitch, 1922 † (fossil)
  • Palaeopachygnatha Petrunkevitch, 1922 † (fossil)
  • Parazilia Lessert, 1938
  • Pholcipes Schmidt & Krause, 1993
  • Phonognatha Simon, 1894 (formerly Nephilinae)
  • Priscometa Petrunkevitch, 1958 † (fossil)
  • Sancus Tullgren, 1910
  • Sternospina Schmidt & Krause, 1993
  • Theridiometa Petrunkevitch, 1942 † (fossil, oligocene)
  • Timonoe Thorell, 1898
  • Wolongia Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997

    • References

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