Metagonia rica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pholcoidea
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: Haplogynae Superfamilia: Pholcoidea

Familia: Pholcidae
Subfamilia: Pholcinae
Genus: Metagonia
Species: Metagonia rica

Name

Metagonia rica Gertsch, 1986: 59

Type locality: Finca La Selva, Heredia, near Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica.

Holotype: MCZ. male ♂. I.1978. legit W. Eberhard.

Synonymy

• Metagonia turrialba Gertsch, 1986: 59 (synonymized by Huber, 1997: 348).
  • Type locality: Turrialba, Costa Rica.
    • Holotype: MCZ. female ♀. 25.VII-15.VIII.1965. legit A.M. Chickering.

References

Primary references

• Gertsch, W.J. 1986. The spider genus Metagonia (Araneae: Pholcidae) in North America, Central America and the West Indies. Texas Memorial Museum, speleological monographs 1: 39-62. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Huber, B.A. 1997b. On American 'Micromerys' and Metagonia (Araneae, Pholcidae), with notes on natural history and genital mechanics. Zoologica Scripta 25(4): 341–363. DOI: doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1996.tb00170.x. . Reference page.