Biology:Mollemeta

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Mollemeta
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Mollemeta
Álvarez-Padilla, 2007[1]
Species:
M. edwardsi
Binomial name
Mollemeta edwardsi
(Simon, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Dolichognatha edwardsi (Simon, 1904)[2]
  • Landana edwardsi Simon, 1904[3]

Mollemeta is a monotypic genus of long-jawed orb-weavers endemic to Chile .[4] It contains the single species, Mollemeta edwardsi,[1] first described as Landana edwardsi, based on a female found in 1904.[3] The name is a reference to "Molle", the Mapudungun word for "tree", because it builds its vertical orb webs on tree trunks.[4] It is in a clade with Allende, Chrysometa, Dolichognatha, Meta, and Metellina due to several autapomorphies, including the unique shapes of the cymbium, conductor, and embolus.[4]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). Gen. Mollemeta Álvarez-Padilla, 2007. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3295. Retrieved 2019-11-30. 
  2. Levi, H. W. (1981). "The American orb-weaver genera Dolichognatha and Tetragnatha north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae, Tetragnathinae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 149: 271–318. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Simon, E. (1904). "Etude sur les arachnides du Chili recueillis en 1900, 1901 et 1902, par MM. C. Porter, Dr Delfin, Barcey Wilson et Edwards". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 48: 94. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Álvarez-Padilla, F. (2007). "Systematics of the spider genus Metabus O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 (Araneoidea: Tetragnathidae) with additions to the tetragnathid fauna of Chile and comments on the phylogeny of Tetragnathidae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151 (2): 320–322. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00304.x. 

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