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 at Kadavoor.jpg
Opadometa fastigata
Scientific classification e
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Archer, 1951[1]
Type species
O. grata
(Guérin, 1838)
Species

4, see text

SpeciesEdit

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 alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 "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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