Mollemeta
Mollemeta is a monotypic genus of long-jawed orb-weavers endemic to Chile.[4] It contains the single species, Mollemeta edwardsi,[1] first described as Landana edwardsi, based on a female found in 1904.[3] The name is a reference to "Molle", the Mapudungun word for "tree", because it builds its vertical orb webs on tree trunks.[4] It is in a clade with Allende, Chrysometa, Dolichognatha, Meta, and Metellina due to several autapomorphies, including the unique shapes of the cymbium, conductor, and embolus.[4]
| Mollemeta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Tetragnathidae |
| Genus: | Mollemeta Álvarez-Padilla, 2007[1] |
| Species: | M. edwardsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Mollemeta edwardsi (Simon, 1904) | |
| Synonyms | |
References
- "Gen. Mollemeta Álvarez-Padilla, 2007". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
- Levi, H. W. (1981). "The American orb-weaver genera Dolichognatha and Tetragnatha north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae, Tetragnathinae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 149: 271–318.
- Simon, E. (1904). "Etude sur les arachnides du Chili recueillis en 1900, 1901 et 1902, par MM. C. Porter, Dr Delfin, Barcey Wilson et Edwards". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 48: 94.
- Álvarez-Padilla, F. (2007). "Systematics of the spider genus Metabus O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 (Araneoidea: Tetragnathidae) with additions to the tetragnathid fauna of Chile and comments on the phylogeny of Tetragnathidae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 151: 320–322.
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