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Long-jawed Orbweavers
Tetragnathidae
The long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (family Tetragnathidae) are elongated spiders with long legs and chelicerae.
37 branches of this family, most-observed first
Tetragnathinae
subfamilyTetragnathinae
Leucauginae
subfamilyLeucauginae
Metellina
genusMetellina
Metainae
subfamilyMetainae
Chrysometa
genusChrysometa
Nanometainae
subfamilyNanometainae
Azilia
genusAzilia
Allende
genusAllende
Tawhai
genusTawhai
Metleucauge
genusMetleucauge
Metabus
genusMetabus
Taraire
genusTaraire
Mollemeta
genusMollemeta
Diphya
genusDiphya
Doryonychus
genusDoryonychus
Leucognatha
genusLeucognatha
Atelidea
genusAtelidea
Homalometa
genusHomalometa
Zhinu
genusZhinu
Pholcipes
genusPholcipes
Okileucauge
genusOkileucauge
Wolongia
genusWolongia
Dianleucauge
genusDianleucauge
Schenkeliella
genusSchenkeliella
Antillognatha
genusAntillognatha
Hispanognatha
genusHispanognatha
Mitoscelis
genusMitoscelis
Nanningia
genusNanningia
Neoprolochus
genusNeoprolochus
Parameta
genusParameta
Parazilia
genusParazilia
Timonoe
genusTimonoe
Zygiometella
genusZygiometella
Pickardinella
genusPickardinella
Harlanethis
genusHarlanethis
Iamarra
genusIamarra
Dyschiriognatha
genusDyschiriognatha
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47551.