Metaltella

Updated on Jan 11, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Chelicerata Order Araneae Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Class Arachnida Infraorder Araneomorphae

Similar Metaltella simoni, Amphinectidae, Kukulcania, Palpimanoidea, Alpaida

Amphinectidae metaltella simoni collection for project documentary

Metaltella is a genus of spiders in the family Amphinectidae, found in South America (one species introduced into North America).

As of April 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:

Metaltella arcoiris (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Chile

Metaltella iheringi (Keyserling, 1891) (type species) – Brazil, Argentina

Metaltella imitans (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Argentina

Metaltella rorulenta (Nicolet, 1849) – Peru, Chile, Argentina

Metaltella simoni (Keyserling, 1878) – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina (introduced in USA and Canada)

Metaltella tigrina (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Argentina

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