Meta menardi

Meta menardi, Höllgrotten cave, Baar, Switzerland

Taxonavigation

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