Thickjawed Orb Weavers

Pachygnatha is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1823.^[2]

Species

As of March 2021 it contains forty-two species and two subspecies:^[1]

• Pachygnatha amurensis Strand, 1907 – Russia (Far East), China
• Pachygnatha atromarginata Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 – Cameroon
• Pachygnatha autumnalis Marx, 1884 – USA, Canada, Cuba
• Pachygnatha bispiralis Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
• Pachygnatha bonneti Senglet, 1973 – Spain
• Pachygnatha brevis Keyserling, 1884 – USA, Canada
• Pachygnatha calusa Levi, 1980 – USA
• Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823 (type) – North America, Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan
• Pachygnatha clerckoides Wunderlich, 1985 – Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Russia (Europe)
• Pachygnatha degeeri Sundevall, 1830 – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Central Asia, China
  • Pachygnatha d. dysdericolor Jocqué, 1977 – Morocco
• Pachygnatha dorothea McCook, 1894 – USA, Canada
• Pachygnatha fengzhen Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 – China
• Pachygnatha furcillata Keyserling, 1884 – USA
• Pachygnatha goedeli Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 – Cameroon
• Pachygnatha hexatracheata Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 – Cameroon
• Pachygnatha intermedia Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
• Pachygnatha jansseni Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 – Cameroon
• Pachygnatha kiwuana Strand, 1913 – Congo
• Pachygnatha leleupi Lawrence, 1952 – Cameroon, Congo, Malawi, Zimbabwe
• Pachygnatha listeri Sundevall, 1830 – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan
• Pachygnatha longipes Simon, 1894 – Madagascar
• Pachygnatha monticola Baba & Tanikawa, 2018 – Japan
• Pachygnatha mucronata Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa
  • Pachygnatha m. comorana Schmidt & Krause, 1993 – Comoros
• Pachygnatha ochongipina Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
• Pachygnatha okuensis Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 – Cameroon
• Pachygnatha opdeweerdtae Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 – Cameroon
• Pachygnatha palmquisti Tullgren, 1910 – Kenya, Tanzania
• Pachygnatha procincta Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 – Cameroon, Burundi, Kenya
• Pachygnatha quadrimaculata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
• Pachygnatha rotunda Saito, 1939 – Japan
• Pachygnatha ruanda Strand, 1913 – Rwanda
• Pachygnatha simoni Senglet, 1973 – Spain
• Pachygnatha sundevalli Senglet, 1973 – Portugal, Spain
• Pachygnatha tenera Karsch, 1879 – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
• Pachygnatha terilis Thaler, 1991 – Switzerland, Austria, Italy
• Pachygnatha tristriata C. L. Koch, 1845 – USA, Canada
• Pachygnatha tullgreni Senglet, 1973 – Portugal
• Pachygnatha ventricosa Nzigidahera & Jocqué, 2014 – Burundi
• Pachygnatha vorax Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
• Pachygnatha xanthostoma C. L. Koch, 1845 – USA, Canada
• Pachygnatha zappa Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994 – Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa
• Pachygnatha zhui Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 – China

In synonymy:

• P. gaoi Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 = Pachygnatha amurensis Strand, 1907
• P. kuratai Levi, 1951 = Pachygnatha dorothea McCook, 1894
• P. nipponica (Kishida, 1936) = Pachygnatha quadrimaculata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
• P. sewardi Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947 = Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
• P. yiliensis (Hu & Wu, 1985) = Pachygnatha degeeri Sundevall, 1830

See also

• List of Tetragnathidae species

References