Metaltella
| Metaltella | |
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| Female Metaltella simoni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Desidae |
| Genus: | Metaltella Mello-Leitão, 1931[1] |
| Type species | |
(Keyserling, 1891)
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| Species | |
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6, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Metaltella is a genus of South American intertidal spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1931.[2] One species, Metaltella simoni, has been introduced to North America.[1]
Species[]
As of April 2019 it contains six species:[1]
- (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Chile
- (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil, Argentina
- (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Argentina
- (Nicolet, 1849) – Peru, Chile, Argentina
- Metaltella simoni (Keyserling, 1878) – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina. Introduced to USA, Canada
- (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Argentina
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Gen. Metaltella Mello-Leitão, 1931". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ^ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1931). "Notas sobre arachnidos argentinos". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 3: 83–97.
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- Araneomorphae genera
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- Spiders of South America
- Taxa named by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
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