Meta ovalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Tetragnathidae
Subfamilia: Metainae
Genus: Meta
Species: Meta ovalis

Name

Meta ovalis (Gertsch, 1933)

Type locality: Marengo Spring Cave, Crawford Co., Indiana, USA

Holotype ♀: AMNH (20.X.1911; A. W. Henn)

Synonyms

• Auchicybaeus ovalis Gertsch, 1933
• Meta americana Marusik & Koponen, 1992
• Meta ovalis — Platnick, 1993

References

• Gertsch, W. J. 1933. Diagnoses of new American spiders. American Museum Novitates 637: 1–14. PDF [11, f. 15 (D♀)]
• Marusik, Y. M. & S. Koponen. 1992. A review of Meta (Araneae, Tetragnathidae), with description of two new species. Journal of Arachnology 20(2): 137–143. PDF [138, f. 1-4, 14]
• Dondale, C. D. 1995. A new synonym in the genus Meta (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Journal of Arachnology 23(2): 125–126. PDF [125]