Metepeira

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: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Araneinae
Tribus: Araneini
Genus: Metepeira
Species: M. arizonica – M. atascadero – M. bengryi – M. brunneiceps – M. cajabamba – M. calamuchita – M. celestun – M. chilapae – M. comanche – M. compsa – M. crassipes – M. datona – M. desenderi – M. foxi – M. galatheae – M. glomerabilis – M. gosoga – M. grandiosa – M. gressa – M. inca – M. incrassata – M. jamaicensis – M. karkii – M. labyrinthea – M. lacandon – M. lima – M. maya – M. minima – M. nigriventris – M. olmec – M. pacifica – M. palustris – M. petatlan – M. pimungan – M. rectangula – M. revillagigedo – M. roraima – M. spinipes – M. tarapaca – M. triangularis – M. uncata – M. ventura – M. vigilax – M. ypsilonota
Name

Metepeira F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903

Type species: Metepeira spinipes F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903
References

Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1903. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 425–464. [457]
Levi, H. W. 1977. The orb-weaver genera Metepeira, Kaira and Aculepeira in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 148: 185–238.
Piel, W. H. 2001. The systematics of Neotropical orb-weaving spiders in the genus Metepeira (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 157: 1–92.
Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

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.
Species

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

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