Tetragnatha

Tetragnatha pinicola, from here.

Belongs within: Tetragnathidae.

Tetragnatha, the long-jawed orb-weavers, is a cosmopolitan genus of spiders with an elongate body form and often metallic-coloured abdomen. The chelicerae are often large and project forward horizontally. Members of the genus include the widespread T. extensa, found across much of the Holarctic region. Tetragnatha nitens, a native of Asia, has become introduced to warmer regions throughout the Old and New Worlds.

<==Tetragnatha Latreille 1804 [Tetragnathinae] PVD10
    |--*T. extensa (Linnaeus 1758) C01 [=Aranea extensa C01, Theridion (Tetragnatha) extensum G20]
    |--T. argentinensis Mello-Leitão 1931 M-L31
    |--T. armata Karsch 1892 K92
    |--T. bituberculata KK90
    |--T. ceylonica Cambr. 1870 K92
    |--T. cylindrica R96
    |--T. decorata Blackwall 1864 S69
    |--T. demissa KK90
    |--T. determinata Karsch 1892 K92
    |--T. elongata Walckenaer 1805 SC97
    |--T. flavida Urquhart 1891 PVD10
    |--T. foveata Karsch 1892 K92
    |--T. geniculata Karsch 1892 K92
    |--T. gulosa H09
    |--T. hasseltii K92
    |--T. herbigrada Urquhart 1890 NS00
    |--T. irridescens Stoliczka 1869 S69
    |--T. laboriosa Hentz 1850 [incl. T. seydi Strand 1908] J98
    |--T. mandibulata Walckenaer 1842 VMP02 [incl. T. leptognatha Thorell 1877 S99, T. minatoria Simon 1877 S99]
    |--T. montana Simon 1874 BH02
    |--T. multipunctata Urquhart 1891 PVD10
    |--T. nepaeformis Doleschall 1859 D59
    |--T. nigricans de Dalmas 1917 PVD10
    |--T. nitens Audoin 1826 PVD10 [=Eugnatha nitens KK90; incl. T. ferox Koch 1872 KK90, T. typica Urquhart 1890 NS00]
    |--T. obtusa K01
    |--T. pinicola K01
    |--T. planata Karsch 1892 K92
    |--T. protensa Walckenaer 1837 [incl. T. conica Koch 1872] KK90
    |--T. scurra K92
    |--T. serra Doleschall 1857 D57
    |--T. valida Koch & Keyserling 1887 KK90
    `--T. versicolor BS09

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

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[C01] Cambridge, F. O. P. 1901. A revision of the genera of the Araneae or spiders with reference to their type species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 7: 51–65.

[D57] Doleschall, C. L. 1857. Bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië, series 3, 3 (5–6): 399–434, pls 1–2.

[D59] Doleschall, C. L. 1859. Tweede Bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Verhandelingen der Natuurkundige Vereeniging in Nederlandsch Indie [Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae] 5 (5): 1–60, pls 1–18.

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[R96] Rainbow, W. J. 1896. Descriptions of some new Araneidae of New South Wales. No. 6. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21 (3): 320–344, pls 18–20.

[SC97] Scharff, N., & J. A. Coddington. 1997. A phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 120: 355–434.

[S99] Simon, E. 1899. Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific (Schauinsland 1896–1897). Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie un Biologie der Thiere 12 (4): 411–437.

[S69] Stoliczka, F. 1869. Contribution to the knowledge of Indian Arachnoidea. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 38 pt 2 (4): 201–251, pls 18–20.

[VMP02] Vink, C. J., A. D. Mitchell & A. M. Paterson. 2002. A preliminary molecular analysis of phylogenetic relationships of Australasian wolf spider genera (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 30 (2): 227–237.

Last updated: 9 January 2022.