Metellina

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Tetragnathidae
Subfamilia: Metainae
Genus: Metellina
Species: M. barreti – M. curtisi – M. kirgisica – M. mengei – M. merianae – M. mimetoides – M. orientalis – M. segmentata
Name

Metellina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941

Type species: Pachygnatha curtisi McCook, 1894
References

Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1941. Spiders collected by L. W. Saylor and others, mostly in California. Bulletin of the University of Utah 31(8): 1–49. [14]
Özkütük, R.S., Marusik, Yu.M., Kunt, K.B. & Elverici, M. 2017. Taxonomic notes on two sibling species of Metellina from Asia (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). ZooKeys 695: 75–88. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.695.13611. Reference page.
Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

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.

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

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