Metaltella

Metaltella
Female Metaltella simoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Desidae
Genus:Metaltella
Mello-Leitão, 1931[1]

Metaltella is a genus of spiders in the family Desidae, found in South America (one species introduced into North America).[1]

Species

As of April 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Metaltella Mello-Leitão, 1931", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-04-13


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