Meta (spider)

Meta

Meta sp. with eggsac
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Meta C. L. Koch, 1836^[1]
Species
See text.
Diversity
34 species

Meta is a spider genus that occurs worldwide. They are often associated with caves, caverns, and recesses, and some are known as "cave orbweavers".

Species

Meta abdomenalis Patel & Reddy, 1993 (India)
Meta barreti Kulczyński, 1899 (Madeira)
Meta baywanga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 (Philippines)
Meta birmanica Thorell, 1898 (Myanmar)
Meta bourneti Simon, 1922 (Europe to Georgia, North Africa)
Meta dolloff Levi, 1980 (USA)
Meta gertschi Lessert, 1938 (Congo)
Meta japonica Tanikawa, 1993 (Japan)
Meta longipalpis Pavesi, 1883 (Ethiopia)
Meta maculata (Blackwall, 1865) (Cape Verde Is.)
Meta manchurica Marusik & Koponen, 1992 (Russia, Korea)
Meta menardi (Latreille, 1804) (Europe to Korea)
Meta merianopsis Tullgren, 1910 (East Africa)
Meta meruensis Tullgren, 1910 (East Africa)
Meta minima Denis, 1953 (Canary Is.)
Meta mixta O. P.-Cambridge, 1885 (Yarkand)
Meta monogrammata Butler, 1876 (Queensland)
Meta montana Hogg, 1919 (Sumatra)
Meta nebulosa Schenkel, 1936 (China)
Meta nigridorsalis Tanikawa, 1994 (China, Japan)
Meta obscura Kulczyński, 1899 (Canary Is., Madeira)
Meta ovalis (Gertsch, 1933) (USA, Canada)
Meta qianshanensis Zhu & Zhu, 1983 (China)
Meta reticuloides Yaginuma, 1958 (Korea, Japan)
Meta rufolineata (Urquhart, 1889) (New Zealand)
Meta serrana Franganillo, 1930 (Cuba)
Meta shenae Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 (China)
Meta simlaensis Tikader, 1982 (India)
Meta stridulans Wunderlich, 1987 (Madeira)
Meta tiniktirika Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 (Philippines)
Meta trivittata Keyserling, 1887 (New South Wales, Victoria)
Meta turbatrix Keyserling, 1887 (New South Wales)
Meta vacillans Butler, 1876 (Rodriguez)
Meta villiersi Denis, 1955 (Guinea)

References

↑ "Gen. Meta C. L. Koch, 1836". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2016-08-11.

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