Metagonia

Metagonia
	Metagonia taruma
	Metagonia bifida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pholcidae
Genus:	Metagonia; Simon, 1893
Type species
	M. bifida; Simon, 1893
Species
	91, see text
Synonyms
	Anomalaia González-Sponga, 1998; Portena González-Sponga, 2011;

Metagonia is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.

Species

As of August 2022^[update] it contains 91 species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico:

M. amica Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. argentinensis Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Brazil, Argentina
M. asintal Huber, 1998 – Guatemala
M. atoyacae Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. auberti Caporiacco, 1954 – French Guiana
M. belize Gertsch, 1986 – Guatemala, Belize
M. bella Gertsch, 1986 – Mexico
M. bellavista Gertsch & Peck, 1992 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
M. beni Huber, 2000 – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
M. berlanga Huber, 2022 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
M. bicornis (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
M. bifida Simon, 1893 (type) – Brazil
M. blanda Gertsch, 1973 – Guatemala, Honduras
M. bonaldoa Huber, 2000 – Brazil
M. candela Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. capilla Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. cara Gertsch, 1986 – Belize
M. caudata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 – USA to Belize
M. chiquita Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico
M. coahuila Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. conica (Simon, 1893) – Venezuela
M. cuate Gertsch, 1986 – Mexico
M. debrasi Pérez & Huber, 1999 – Cuba
M. delicata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895) – Mexico to Panama
M. diamantina Machado, Ferreira & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil
M. duodecimpunctata Schmidt, 1971 – Ecuador
M. faceta Gertsch, 1986 – Mexico
M. flavipes Schmidt, 1971 – Ecuador
M. furcata Huber, 2000 – Brazil
M. globulosa Huber, 2000 – Peru, Bolivia
M. goodnighti Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico
M. guaga Gertsch, 1986 – Mexico
M. guianesa Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
M. guttata Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
M. heraldica Mello-Leitão, 1922 – Brazil
M. hitoy Huber, 1997 – Costa Rica
M. hondura Huber, 1997 – Costa Rica
M. iviei Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico
M. jamaica Gertsch, 1986 – Jamaica
M. jarmila Gertsch, 1973 – Belize
M. joya Gertsch, 1986 – Mexico
M. juliae González-Sponga, 2010 – Venezuela
M. lagrimas Huber, 2022 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
M. lancetilla Huber, 1998 – Honduras
M. latigo Huber, 2020 – Venezuela
M. lepida Gertsch, 1986 – Mexico
M. lingua (Schmidt, 1956) – Colombia
M. luisa Gertsch, 1986 – Mexico
M. maldonado Huber, 2000 – Peru, Bolivia
M. mariguitarensis (González-Sponga, 1998) – Venezuela, Brazil, Peru
M. martha Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico
M. maximiliani Brignoli, 1972 – Mexico
M. maya Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938 – Mexico
M. mcnatti Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. modesta Gertsch, 1986 – Mexico
M. modica Gertsch, 1986 – Guatemala
M. nadleri Huber, 2000 – Brazil
M. osa Gertsch, 1986 – Costa Rica
M. oxtalja Gertsch, 1986 – Mexico
M. pachona Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. panama Gertsch, 1986 – Panama
M. paranapiacaba Huber, Rheims & Brescovit, 2005 – Brazil
M. petropolis Huber, Rheims & Brescovit, 2005 – Brazil
M. placida Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. potiguar Ferreira, Souza, Machado & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil
M. puebla Gertsch, 1986 – Mexico
M. punctata Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. pura Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. quadrifasciata Mello-Leitão, 1926 – Brazil
M. reederi Gertsch & Peck, 1992 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
M. reventazona Huber, 1997 – Costa Rica, Panama
M. rica Gertsch, 1986 – Costa Rica, Panama
M. samiria Huber, 2000 – Peru
M. secreta Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. selva Gertsch, 1986 – Costa Rica
M. serena Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. striata Schmidt, 1971 – Guatemala
M. strinatii (Brignoli, 1972) – Argentina
M. suzanne Gertsch, 1973 – Mexico
M. talamanca Huber, 1997 – Costa Rica
M. taruma Huber, 2000 – Guyana, Brazil
M. tinaja Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. tingo Huber, 2000 – Peru
M. tlamaya Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico
M. torete Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico
M. toro Huber, 1997 – Panama
M. triocular (González-Sponga, 2011) – Venezuela
M. unicolor (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
M. uvita Huber, 1997 – Costa Rica
M. yucatana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938 – Mexico
M. zatoichi Huber, 2022 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)

References

1 2 3 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Metagonia Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
↑ Huber, B. A. (2000). "New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 254: 53. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/1601.
↑ Huber, B. A.; Colmenares, P. A.; Ramírez, M. J. (2014). "Fourteen new generic and ten new specific synonymies in Pholcidae (Araneae), and transfer of Mystes Bristowe to Filistatidae". Zootaxa. 3847 (3): 413–22. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.5. hdl:11336/19098. PMID 25112347.
↑ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. Paris: Roret. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. hdl:2027/coo.31924018394266.

External links

Photos of Metagonia on iNaturalist

[NMBE-1] 1 2 3 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Metagonia Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.

[Hube2000-2] Huber, B. A. (2000). "New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 254: 53. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/1601.

[Hube2014-3] Huber, B. A.; Colmenares, P. A.; Ramírez, M. J. (2014). "Fourteen new generic and ten new specific synonymies in Pholcidae (Araneae), and transfer of Mystes Bristowe to Filistatidae". Zootaxa. 3847 (3): 413–22. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.5. hdl:11336/19098. PMID 25112347.

[Simo1893-4] Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. Paris: Roret. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. hdl:2027/coo.31924018394266.

Metagonia

Metagonia taruma

Metagonia bifida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pholcidae
Genus:	Metagonia Simon, 1893
Type species
M. bifida Simon, 1893
Species
91, see text
Synonyms
Anomalaia González-Sponga, 1998 Portena González-Sponga, 2011

Metagonia

Species

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References

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