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Metaltella
Sign in to saveMetaltella is a genus of South American intertidal spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1931. One species, Metaltella simoni, has been introduced to North America.
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South American Toothed Hacklemesh Weaver
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyDesidae
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- Specimen records
- 6
- Family
- Amphinectidae
- Collections
- LACM, MPEG, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Uruguai
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- Amphinectidae
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Metaltella is a genus of South American intertidal spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1931. One species, Metaltella simoni, has been introduced to North America.
==Species== it contains six species: Metaltella arcoiris (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Chile Metaltella iheringi (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil, Argentina Metaltella imitans (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Argentina Metaltella rorulenta (Nicolet, 1849) – Peru, Chile, Argentina Metaltella simoni (Keyserling, 1878) – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina. Introduced to USA, Canada Metaltella tigrina (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Argentina
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