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Genus of spiders
Metleucauge is a
genus of
long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by
Herbert Walter Levi in 1980.
[2]
Species
As of October 2019
[update] it contains eight species, found in Asia and the United States:
[1]
Metleucauge chikunii Tanikawa, 1992 – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
Metleucauge davidi (Schenkel, 1963) – China, Taiwan
Metleucauge dentipalpis (Kroneberg, 1875) – Central Asia
Metleucauge eldorado Levi, 1980 (
type ) – USA
Metleucauge kompirensis (Bösenberg &
Strand , 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
Metleucauge minuta Yin, 2012 – China
Metleucauge yaginumai Tanikawa, 1992 – Japan
Metleucauge yunohamensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
In synonymy:
M. sinensis (Schenkel, 1953) = Metleucauge yunohamensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
M. vena (Dönitz & Strand, 1906) = Metleucauge kompirensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
See also
References
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a
b
"Gen. Metleucauge Levi, 1980" . World Spider Catalog Version 20.0 . Natural History Museum Bern. 2019.
doi :
10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-11-30 .
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Levi, H. W. (1980). "The orb-weaver genus Mecynogea , the subfamily Metinae and the genera Pachygnatha , Glenognatha and Azilia of the subfamily Tetragnathinae north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology . 149 : 1–74.