Taxonavigation

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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

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Meta ovalis (Gertsch, 1933)

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

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

Synonyms

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

References

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  • 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]