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Taxon: Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 - orb-weavers (spider)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  E. Simon, 1864 ex A. Menge, 1866
Unavailable original name:  Simon, E. 1864. Histoire naturelle des araignées [ed. 1]: 235 (key), 244 ("tribu."). ("Tétragnathiens."). ≡
Original name:  Menge, A. 1866. Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig (N.F.) 1: 90.

Types

Type: Tetragnatha (Genus) Latreille, 1804

Synonyms

Including: Metidae (Family) Simon, 1894, nom. illeg. Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al. (comps.), 2023: 178.
Including: Nanometidae (Family) Forster & Forster, 1999 Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al. (comps.), 2023: 178.
Including: Pachygnathidae (Family) Menge, 1866 Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al. (comps.), 2023: 178.
Including: Pachygnathidae (Family) Menge, 1866 Ref: WSCA, 2024b: [20 Jul 2024]. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: strekspinnen
: kaakspinnen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: orb-weavers
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