Metleucauge is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1980.[2]
Species
As of October 2019 it contains eight species, found in Asia and the United States:[1]
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Metleucauge chikunii Tanikawa, 1992 – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
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Metleucauge davidi (Schenkel, 1963) – China, Taiwan
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Metleucauge dentipalpis (Kroneberg, 1875) – Central Asia
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Metleucauge eldorado Levi, 1980 (type) – USA
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Metleucauge kompirensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
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Metleucauge minuta Yin, 2012 – China
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Metleucauge yaginumai Tanikawa, 1992 – Japan
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Metleucauge yunohamensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
In synonymy:
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M. sinensis (Schenkel, 1953) = Metleucauge yunohamensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
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M. vena (Dönitz & Strand, 1906) = Metleucauge kompirensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
See also
References
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^ a b "Gen. Metleucauge Levi, 1980". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
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^ Levi, H. W. (1980). "The orb-weaver genus Mecynogea, the subfamily Metinae and the genera Pachygnatha, Glenognatha and Azilia of the subfamily Tetragnathinae north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 149: 1–74.
