Family of spiders
Long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (Tetragnathidae ) are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1866.[1] chelicerae , and build small orb webs with an open hub with few, wide-set radii and spirals with no signal line or retreat. Some species are often found in long vegetation near water.[citation needed
Systematics
Opadometa fastigata Kerala Mating behaviour of Tetragnatha montana Pair of silverr long-jawed orb weaver spiders interacting, laying silk and lose the cranefly they were consuming to ants . As of March 2021[update] World Spider Catalog accepts the following extant genera:[2]
Alcimosphenus Simon, 1895 — CaribbeanAllende Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 — Chile, ArgentinaAntillognatha Bryant, 1945 — HispaniolaAtelidea Simon, 1895 — Sri LankaAzilia Keyserling, 1881 — United States, Panama, South America, CaribbeanChrysometa Simon, 1894 — South America, Central America, Mexico, CaribbeanCyrtognatha Keyserling, 1881 — South America, Central America, Caribbean, MexicoDianleucauge Song & Zhu, 1994 — ChinaDiphya Nicolet, 1849 — Asia, South America, AfricaDolichognatha O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 — Asia, Africa, South America, Oceania, United States, PanamaDoryonychus Simon, 1900 — HawaiiDyschiriognatha Simon, 1893 — Indonesia, Brazil, SamoaGlenognatha Simon, 1887 — Africa, South America, Asia, North America, Central America, CaribbeanGuizygiella Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 — AsiaHarlanethis Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Queensland)Hispanognatha Bryant, 1945 — HispaniolaHomalometa Simon, 1898 — Central America, Cuba, Mexico, BrazilIamarra Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Queensland)Leucauge White, 1841 (including Opas ) — Africa, North America, Asia, Oceania, South America, Central America, CaribbeanMecynometa Simon, 1894 — Africa, Guatemala, BrazilMesida Kulczyński, 1911 — Oceania, Asia, AfricaMeta C. L. Koch, 1836 — Asia, North America, Tanzania, Oceania, CubaMetabus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 — Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Dominican RepublicMetellina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 — Africa, Asia, CanadaMetleucauge Levi, 1980 — Asia, United StatesMitoscelis Thorell, 1890 — IndonesiaMollemeta Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 — ChileNanningia Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 Nanometa Simon, 1908 — AustraliaNeoprolochus Reimoser, 1927 — IndonesiaOkileucauge Tanikawa, 2001 — China, JapanOpadometa Archer, 1951 — Asia, Papua New GuineaOrsinome Thorell, 1890 — Asia, Oceania, MadagascarPachygnatha Sundevall, 1823 — Africa, Asia, North America, Cuba, EuropeParameta Simon, 1895 — Ethiopia, Somalia, Sierra LeoneParazilia Lessert, 1938 — CongoPholcipes Schmidt & Krause, 1993 — ComorosPickardinella Archer, 1951 — MexicoPinkfloydia Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2011 — AustraliaSancus Tullgren, 1910 — Kenya, TanzaniaSchenkeliella Strand, 1934 — Sri LankaTaraire Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — New ZealandTawhai Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — New ZealandTetragnatha Latreille, 1804 — Asia, South America, Oceania, Africa, North America, Caribbean, Central America, EuropeTimonoe Thorell, 1898 — MyanmarTylorida Simon, 1894 — Asia, Africa, OceaniaWolongia Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 — ChinaZhinu Kallal & Hormiga, 2018 — Taiwan, Korea, JapanZygiometella Wunderlich, 1995 — Israel
Fossil genera
Several extinct, fossil genera have been described:[3]
†Anameta Wunderlich, 2004 (Palaeogene , Bitterfield and Baltic amber )
†Balticgnatha Wunderlich, 2004 (Palaeogene, Baltic amber)
†Corneometa Wunderlich, 2004 (Palaeogene, Baltic amber)
†Eometa Petrunkevitch, 1958 (Palaeogene, Baltic amber)
†Huergnina Selden & Penney, 2003 (Cretaceous , Las Hoyas, Spain )
†Macryphantes Selden, 1990 (Cretaceous)
†Palaeometa Petrunkevitch, 1922 (Palaeogene, Florissant )
†Palaeopachygnatha Petrunkevitch, 1922 (Palaeogene, Florissant)
†Priscometa Petrunkevitch, 1958 (Palaeogene, Baltic amber)
†Samlandicmeta Wunderlich, 2012 (Palaeogene, Baltic amber)
Formerly placed here
A few spiders in this family include:
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