Metaltella
| Metaltella | |
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| Female Metaltella simoni | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Desidae |
| Genus: | Metaltella Mello-Leitão, 1931 |
| Type species | |
| M. iheringi (Keyserling, 1891) | |
| Species | |
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6, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Metaltella is a genus of South American intertidal spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1931. One species, Metaltella simoni, has been introduced to North America.
Species
As of April 2019[update] it contains six species:
- Metaltella arcoiris (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Chile
- Metaltella iheringi (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil, Argentina
- Metaltella imitans (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Argentina
- Metaltella rorulenta (Nicolet, 1849) – Peru, Chile, Argentina
- Metaltella simoni (Keyserling, 1878) – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina. Introduced to USA, Canada
- Metaltella tigrina (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Argentina