Tetragnathidae

family of arachnids

Tetragnatha is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers found all over the world. It was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804, and contains hundreds of species. Most occur in the tropics and subtropics, and many can run over water. They are commonly called stretch spiders in reference to their elongated body form and their ability to hide on blades of grass or similar elongated substrates by stretching their front legs forward and the others behind them.

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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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Parameta is a genus of African long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895. , it is monotypic, being represented by a single species, Parameta jugularis.

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Dolichognatha is a genus of tropical and subtropical long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1869. Originally placed with the Archaeidae, it was transferred to the Araneidae in 1967, and to the Tetragnathidae in 1981.

Dyschiriognatha is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.

Diphya is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers first described by H. Nicolet in 1849.

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Mesida is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1911.

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Metleucauge is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1980.

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Atelidea is a genus of Asian long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895. it contains two species, found in Sri Lanka and India: A. nona and A. spinosa.

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Wolongia is a genus of Asian long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by M. S. Zhu, J. P. Kim & D. X. Song in 1997.

Orsinome is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890. It is included in the Nanometa clade, defined by nine morphological synapomorphies, along with Eryciniolia and Nanometa.

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Homalometa is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898. it contains three species, found in the Caribbean, Panama, Costa Rica, Brazil, and Mexico: H. chiriqui, H. nigritarsis, and H. nossa.

Glenognatha is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1887. It was considerably revised in 2016.

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Chrysometa is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. It is a senior synonym of Capichameta.

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Pachygnatha is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1823.

Okileucauge is a genus of East Asian long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by A. Tanikawa in 2001.

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Azilia is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881. It is a senior synonym of Cardimia.

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Cyrtognatha is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1881. It is a senior synonym of Agriognatha. Species of this genus are found in The Americas.

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