Metellina
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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.
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Metellina | |
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Metellina mengei | |
Scientific 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 | |
Diversity[1] | |
15 species | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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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]