Meta (spider)

Meta
Meta sp. with eggsac
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Tetragnathidae
Genus:Meta
C. L. Koch, 1836[1]
Species

See text.

Diversity
34 species

Meta is a spider genus that occurs worldwide. They are often associated with caves, caverns, and recesses, and some are known as "cave orbweavers".

Species

  • Meta abdomenalis Patel & Reddy, 1993 (India)
  • Meta barreti Kulczyński, 1899 (Madeira)
  • Meta baywanga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 (Philippines)
  • Meta birmanica Thorell, 1898 (Myanmar)
  • Meta bourneti Simon, 1922 (Europe to Georgia, North Africa)
  • Meta dolloff Levi, 1980 (USA)
  • Meta gertschi Lessert, 1938 (Congo)
  • Meta japonica Tanikawa, 1993 (Japan)
  • Meta longipalpis Pavesi, 1883 (Ethiopia)
  • Meta maculata (Blackwall, 1865) (Cape Verde Is.)
  • Meta manchurica Marusik & Koponen, 1992 (Russia, Korea)
  • Meta menardi (Latreille, 1804) (Europe to Korea)
  • Meta merianopsis Tullgren, 1910 (East Africa)
  • Meta meruensis Tullgren, 1910 (East Africa)
  • Meta minima Denis, 1953 (Canary Is.)
  • Meta mixta O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 (Yarkand)
  • Meta monogrammata Butler, 1876 (Queensland)
  • Meta montana Hogg, 1919 (Sumatra)
  • Meta nebulosa Schenkel, 1936 (China)
  • Meta nigridorsalis Tanikawa, 1994 (China, Japan)
  • Meta obscura Kulczyński, 1899 (Canary Is., Madeira)
  • Meta ovalis (Gertsch, 1933) (USA, Canada)
  • Meta qianshanensis Zhu & Zhu, 1983 (China)
  • Meta reticuloides Yaginuma, 1958 (Korea, Japan)
  • Meta rufolineata (Urquhart, 1889) (New Zealand)
  • Meta serrana Franganillo, 1930 (Cuba)
  • Meta shenae Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 (China)
  • Meta simlaensis Tikader, 1982 (India)
  • Meta stridulans Wunderlich, 1987 (Madeira)
  • Meta tiniktirika Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 (Philippines)
  • Meta trivittata Keyserling, 1887 (New South Wales, Victoria)
  • Meta turbatrix Keyserling, 1887 (New South Wales)
  • Meta vacillans Butler, 1876 (Rodriguez)
  • Meta villiersi Denis, 1955 (Guinea)

References

  1. ↑ "Gen. Meta C. L. Koch, 1836". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2016-08-11.


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