Meta menardi

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 menardi

Name

Meta menardi (Latreille, 1804)

Type locality: Le Mans, France

Syntypes ♀: Lost

Synonymy

Aranea menardii (protonym)
Epeira fusca Walckenaer, 1805

References

Latreille, P. A. 1804. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Paris, 7: 266 (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 [140, f. 10-13, 16]

Vernacular names

مصرى: ميتا ميناردى
български: Пещерен паяк
čeština: Meta temnostní
Deutsch: Große Höhlenspinne
English: European Cave Spider
eesti: Koopaämblik
suomi: Luola-aukkohämähäkki
Nederlands: Gewone grottenspin; Grotwielwebspin
norsk nynorsk: Stor kjellaredderkopp
norsk: Kjelleredderkopp
polski: Sieciarz jaskiniowy
svenska: Källarspindel

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