Metagonia

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Metagonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Metagonia
Simon, 1893[1]
Type species
M. bifida
Simon, 1893
Species

91, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Anomalaia González-Sponga, 1998[2]
  • Portena González-Sponga, 2011[3]

Metagonia is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[4]

Species[edit]

As of August 2022 it contains 91 species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico:[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Metagonia Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ^ Huber, B. A. (2000). "New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 254: 53. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/1601.
  3. ^ Huber, B. A.; Colmenares, P. A.; Ramírez, M. J. (2014). "Fourteen new generic and ten new specific synonymies in Pholcidae (Araneae), and transfer of Mystes Bristowe to Filistatidae". Zootaxa. 3847 (3): 413–22. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.5. hdl:11336/19098. PMID 25112347.
  4. ^ Simon, E. (1893). Histoire naturelle das araignées. Paris: Roret. pp. 257–488. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. hdl:2027/coo.31924018394266.