| Metabus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Tetragnathidae |
| Genus: | Metabus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. ocellatus (Keyserling, 1864) | |
| Species | |
|
4, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Metabus is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1899.[3]
Species
As of October 2019 it contains four species, found in Ecuador, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and French Guiana:[1]
- Metabus conacyt Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 – Mexico, Guatemala
- Metabus debilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Mexico to Ecuador
- Metabus ebanoverde Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 – Guatemala, Dominican Rep.
- Metabus ocellatus (Keyserling, 1864) (type) – Mexico to French Guiana
In synonymy:
- M. gravidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 = Metabus ocellatus (Keyserling, 1864)
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Metabus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Álvarez-Padilla, F. (2007). "Systematics of the spider genus Metabus O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 (Araneoidea: Tetragnathidae) with additions to the tetragnathid fauna of Chile and comments on the phylogeny of Tetragnathidae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 151 (2): 297. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00304.x. S2CID 84810921.
- ↑ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1899), "Arachnida. Araneida", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology
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