Chrysometa

Chrysometa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Chrysometa
Simon, 1894
Type species
C. tenuipes
(Keyserling, 1864)
Species

146, see text

Synonyms

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.

Species

As of October 2019 it contains 146 species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and Mexico:

In synonymy:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Chrysometa Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  2. 1 2 Levi, H. W. (1986). "The Neotropical orb-weaver genera Chrysometa and Homalometa (Araneae: Tetragnathidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 151: 99.
  3. ↑ Simon, E (1894). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.