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Family: TETRAGNATHIDAE Menge, 1866

longjawed orbweavers

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ARANEIDAE PHOLCIDAE PIMOIDAE THERIDIIDAE

Family Name Authority

Menge, A. 1866. Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung. Schrift. naturf. Ges. Danzig (N.F.) 1: 1-152

Nearctic Taxonomic/Species Richness

Number of Nearctic Species: 40 (as documented in the World Spider Catalog & includes introductions)

Nearctic/Palearctic Genera

#	Genus	Ref.	Common Name
1	Azilia Keyserling, 1881
2	Dolichognatha O. P.-Cambridge, 1869
3	Doryonychus Simon, 1900
4	Glenognatha Simon, 1887
5	Leucauge White, 1841
6	Meta C. L. Koch, 1836
7	Metellina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941
8	Metleucauge Levi, 1980
9	Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1823		thickjawed orbweavers
10	Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804		longjawed orbweavers

Nearctic/Palearctic Species Images

Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer, 1842) Meta dolloff Levi, 1980 Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823 Pachygnatha degeeri Sundevall, 1830 Pachygnatha xanthostoma C. L. Koch, 1845 Tetragnatha dearmata Thorell, 1873 Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758) Tetragnatha guatemalensis O. P.-Cambridge, 1889 Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850 Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874 Tetragnatha nigrita Lendl, 1886 Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826) Tetragnatha pallescens F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903 Tetragnatha pinicola L. Koch, 1870 Tetragnatha shoshone Levi, 1981 Tetragnatha versicolor Walckenaer, 1842 Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1842

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