Opadometa

Opadometa is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1951.[2] Their morphology and behavior indicate that these spiders are likely related to Leucauge.[3]

Opadometa
Opadometa fastigata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Opadometa
Archer, 1951[1]
Type species
O. grata
(Guérin, 1838)
Species

4, see text

Species

As of November 2019 it contains four species and one subspecies, found in Asia, on the Solomon Islands, and in Papua New Guinea:[1]

In synonymy:

  • O. fastuosa (Thorell, 1877) = Opadometa fastigata (Simon, 1877)
  • O. grata (Strand, 1911) = Opadometa grata (Guérin, 1838)
  • O. grata (Strand, 1911) = Opadometa grata (Guérin, 1838)
  • O. grata (Strand, 1911) = Opadometa grata (Guérin, 1838)
  • O. grata (Strand, 1911) = Opadometa grata (Guérin, 1838)
  • O. grata (Strand, 1911) = Opadometa grata (Guérin, 1838)
  • O. grata (Strand, 1911) = Opadometa grata (Guérin, 1838)
  • O. grata (Strand, 1911) = Opadometa grata (Guérin, 1838)
  • O. trigonosa (Wang, 1991) = Opadometa grata (Guérin, 1838)

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Opadometa Archer, 1951". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
  2. Archer, A. F. (1951). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1". American Museum Novitates. 1487: 1–52.
  3. Álvarez-Padilla, F.; Hormiga, G. (2011). "Morphological and phylogenetic atlas of the orb-weaving spider family Tetragnathidae (Araneae: Araneoidea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 162: 788–791.


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