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

4, see text

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

Species

Opadometa fastigata, Pear-Shaped Leucauge, is a Long-jawed orb weaver (Tetragnathidae family), found in India to Philippines, Sulawesi. They are elongated spiders with long legs and chelicerae. They are orb web weavers, weaving small orb webs with an open hub and few, wide-set radii and spirals. The webs have no signal line and no retreat. Members of the species Leucauge silvery or golden spots on the abdomen.

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

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.
Taxon identifiers
Opadometa


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