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Metepeira

Metepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1903.[2] The name is derived from the Ancient Greek μετά and the obsolete genus name Epeira, denoting a genus similar to Epeira.

Metepeira
Metepeira sp.
M. labyrinthea, hiding in its labyrinth
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Metepeira
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903[1]
Type species
M. spinipes
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903
Species

44, see text

Species edit

As of April 2019 it contains forty-four species found from Argentina to Canada, including Caribbean islands:[1]

  • Metepeira arizonica Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico
  • Metepeira atascadero Piel, 2001 – Mexico
  • Metepeira bengryi (Archer, 1958) – Jamaica
  • Metepeira brunneiceps Caporiacco, 1954 – French Guiana
  • Metepeira cajabamba Piel, 2001 – Ecuador, Peru
  • Metepeira calamuchita Piel, 2001 – Argentina
  • Metepeira celestun Piel, 2001 – Mexico
  • Metepeira chilapae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Mexico
  • Metepeira comanche Levi, 1977 – USA, Mexico
  • Metepeira compsa (Chamberlin, 1916) – Puerto Rico to Argentina
  • Metepeira crassipes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico
  • Metepeira datona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Greater Antilles
  • Metepeira desenderi Baert, 1987 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
  • Metepeira foxi Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 – USA, Canada
  • Metepeira galatheae (Thorell, 1891) – Chile, Argentina
  • Metepeira glomerabilis (Keyserling, 1892) – Colombia to Paraguay, Brazil
  • Metepeira gosoga Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 – USA, Mexico
  • Metepeira grandiosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 – North America
  • Metepeira gressa (Keyserling, 1892) – Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
  • Metepeira inca Piel, 2001 – Peru
  • Metepeira incrassata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – Mexico
  • Metepeira jamaicensis Archer, 1958 – Hispaniola, Jamaica, Grand Cayman Is.
  • Metepeira karkii (Tullgren, 1901) – Chile, Argentina
  • Metepeira labyrinthea (Hentz, 1847) – North America
  • Metepeira lacandon Piel, 2001 – Mexico
  • Metepeira lima Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – Peru
  • Metepeira maya Piel, 2001 – Mexico to Costa Rica
  • Metepeira minima Gertsch, 1936 – USA to Honduras
  • Metepeira nigriventris (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru, Bolivia
  • Metepeira olmec Piel, 2001 – Mexico to Panama
  • Metepeira pacifica Piel, 2001 – Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
  • Metepeira palustris Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada
  • Metepeira petatlan Piel, 2001 – Mexico
  • Metepeira pimungan Piel, 2001 – USA
  • Metepeira rectangula (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina
  • Metepeira revillagigedo Piel, 2001 – Mexico
  • Metepeira roraima Piel, 2001 – Colombia, Brazil, Guyana
  • Metepeira spinipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – USA, Mexico
  • Metepeira tarapaca Piel, 2001 – Peru, Chile
  • Metepeira triangularis (Franganillo, 1930) – Cuba, Hispaniola
  • Metepeira uncata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – Guatemala to Costa Rica
  • Metepeira ventura Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico
  • Metepeira vigilax (Keyserling, 1893) – Hispaniola, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina
  • Metepeira ypsilonota Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Brazil

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Metepeira F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1903), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology

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