Metepeira

Metepeira
Metepeira sp.
M. labyrinthea, hiding in its labyrinth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Metepeira F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903
Type species
M. spinipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903
Species
44, see text

Metepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1903. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek μετά and the obsolete genus name Epeira, denoting a genus similar to Epeira.

Species

As of April 2019^[update] it contains forty-four species found from Argentina to Canada, including Caribbean islands:

• Metepeira arizonica Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico
• Metepeira atascadero Piel, 2001 – Mexico
• Metepeira bengryi (Archer, 1958) – Jamaica
• Metepeira brunneiceps Caporiacco, 1954 – French Guiana
• Metepeira cajabamba Piel, 2001 – Ecuador, Peru
• Metepeira calamuchita Piel, 2001 – Argentina
• Metepeira celestun Piel, 2001 – Mexico
• Metepeira chilapae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Mexico
• Metepeira comanche Levi, 1977 – USA, Mexico
• Metepeira compsa (Chamberlin, 1916) – Puerto Rico to Argentina
• Metepeira crassipes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico
• Metepeira datona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Greater Antilles
• Metepeira desenderi Baert, 1987 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
• Metepeira foxi Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 – USA, Canada
• Metepeira galatheae (Thorell, 1891) – Chile, Argentina
• Metepeira glomerabilis (Keyserling, 1892) – Colombia to Paraguay, Brazil
• Metepeira gosoga Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 – USA, Mexico
• Metepeira grandiosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 – North America
• Metepeira gressa (Keyserling, 1892) – Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
• Metepeira inca Piel, 2001 – Peru
• Metepeira incrassata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – Mexico
• Metepeira jamaicensis Archer, 1958 – Hispaniola, Jamaica, Grand Cayman Is.
• Metepeira karkii (Tullgren, 1901) – Chile, Argentina
• Metepeira labyrinthea (Hentz, 1847) – North America
• Metepeira lacandon Piel, 2001 – Mexico
• Metepeira lima Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – Peru
• Metepeira maya Piel, 2001 – Mexico to Costa Rica
• Metepeira minima Gertsch, 1936 – USA to Honduras
• Metepeira nigriventris (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru, Bolivia
• Metepeira olmec Piel, 2001 – Mexico to Panama
• Metepeira pacifica Piel, 2001 – Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
• Metepeira palustris Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada
• Metepeira petatlan Piel, 2001 – Mexico
• Metepeira pimungan Piel, 2001 – USA
• Metepeira rectangula (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina
• Metepeira revillagigedo Piel, 2001 – Mexico
• Metepeira roraima Piel, 2001 – Colombia, Brazil, Guyana
• Metepeira spinipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – USA, Mexico
• Metepeira tarapaca Piel, 2001 – Peru, Chile
• Metepeira triangularis (Franganillo, 1930) – Cuba, Hispaniola
• Metepeira uncata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – Guatemala to Costa Rica
• Metepeira ventura Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico
• Metepeira vigilax (Keyserling, 1893) – Hispaniola, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina
• Metepeira ypsilonota Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Brazil

References

External links

• Metepeira at BugGuide

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