Tetragnathidae genera

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.

Leucauge is a spider genus of long-jawed orb weavers, with over 160 species and fully pantropical distribution.

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.

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

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.

Tylorida is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

genus of arachnids

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.

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.

genus of spiders

Leucognatha is a genus of long-jawed orb weavers (family Tetragnathidae) first described in 1910 using the name Sancus.

Pinkfloydia is a genus of small Australian long-jawed orb-weavers, reaching a maximum lengths of about . It was first described by D. Dimitrov & G. Hormiga in 2011, and contains two species, found in New South Wales and Western Australia: P. harveyi and P. rixi. They have a unique rounded, cone-shaped head structure with one pair of large eyes and three pairs of smaller eyes. The genus is named after British rock band Pink Floyd.

Nanometa is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers containing the fifteen species. It was erected by Eugène Louis Simon based on the type specimen of Nanometa gentilis found in 1908. It is included in a clade of its own defined by nine morphological synapomorphies, along with the genus Orsinome.