Metaltella
Metaltella | |
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Female Metaltella simoni | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Amphinectidae |
Genus: | Metaltella Mello-Leitão, 1931[1] |
Metaltella is a genus of spiders in the family Amphinectidae, found in South America (one species introduced into North America).[1]
Species
As of April 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- Metaltella arcoiris (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Chile
- Metaltella iheringi (Keyserling, 1891) (type species) – Brazil, Argentina
- Metaltella imitans (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Argentina
- Metaltella rorulenta (Nicolet, 1849) – Peru, Chile, Argentina
- Metaltella simoni (Keyserling, 1878) – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina (introduced in USA and Canada)
- Metaltella tigrina (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Argentina
References
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Metaltella Mello-Leitão, 1931", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-04-13
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