Metellina

Metellina is a genus of tetragnathid spiders that occurs mostly in Eurasia, with two species found in North America. M. segmentata was introduced to Canada.

Metellina
Metellina mengei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Metellina
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941[1]
Type species
Pachygnatha curtisi
McCook, 1894
Species

See text.

Diversity[1]
15 species
Synonyms[1]
  • Menosira Chikuni, 1955
Yellow orb weaver spider, female - Metellina segmentata

Some researchers consider this genus to belong to a distinct family, the Metidae.

M. segmentata is probably the most abundant orb-weaving spider of Germany.[2]

Name

The genus name is an alteration of the related genus Meta.

Species

As of September 2018, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following extant species:[1]

  • Metellina barreti (Kulczyński, 1899) – Madeira
  • Metellina curtisi (McCook, 1894) (type species) – North America
  • Metellina gertschi (Lessert, 1938) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Metellina haddadi Marusik & Larsen, 2018 – South Africa
  • Metellina kirgisica (Bakhvalov, 1974) – Azerbaijan, Central Asia, China
  • Metellina longipalpis (Pavesi, 1883) – Ethiopia
  • Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1869) – Europe to Caucasus, Iran, Russia (Europe to Altai)
  • Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763) – Europe, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Russia (Europe to Central Asia)
  • Metellina merianopsis (Tullgren, 1910) – Tanzania
  • Metellina mimetoides Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 – North America
  • Metellina minima (Denis, 1953) – Canary Islands
  • Metellina orientalis (Spassky, 1932) – Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
  • Metellina ornata (Chikuni, 1955) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
  • Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) – Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, China, Japan; introduced to Canada
  • Metellina villiersi (Denis, 1955) – Guinea

References
  1. "Gen. Metellina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2018-09-21
  2. Bellmann, H. (1997). Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas. Kosmos.
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