Metellina merianae

Metellina merianae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Metellina
Species:
M. merianae
Binomial name
Metellina merianae
(Scopoli, 1763)
Subspecies

Metellina merianae celata (Blackwall, 1841) (Europe)

Synonyms[1]
  • Aranea antriada Walckenaer, 1802
  • Aranea fusca De Geer, 1778
  • Aranea merianae Scopoli, 1763
  • Epeira antriada (Walckenaer, 1802)
  • Epeira celata Blackwall, 1841
  • Epeira inclinata Sundevall, 1833
  • Meta fusca (De Geer, 1778)
  • Meta merianae (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Meta muraria C. L. Koch, 1841
  • Meta subterranea Lebert, 1877
  • Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Zilla antriada (Walckenaer, 1802)

Metellina merianae is a spider species in the family Tetragnathidae (long-jawed orb weavers) found from Europe to Central Asia.[1]

They most commonly dwell in the entrances of caves but can also be found in burrows and hollow trees. The webs of M. merianae reach up to about 100 square cm.[2]

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1763 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli. It was transferred to the genus Meta in 1835 by Carl Ludwig Koch and then to Metellina in 1980 by Herbert Walter Levi.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Taxon details Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2025-08-05
  2. ^ Hesselberg, T., & Simonsen, D. (2019). A comparison of morphology and web geometry between hypogean and epigean species of Metellina orb spiders (family Tetragnathidae). Subterranean Biology, 32, 1–13. doi: 10.3897/subtbiol.32.36222
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