Arachnida - Araneae - Tetragnathidae
Alternative spelling: Tetragnathinae
Parent taxon: Araneoidea according to I. L. F. Magalhaes et al. 2020
See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Petrunkevitch 1922 and Wheeler et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Anapidae, Baltsuccinidae, Burmascutidae, Cretamysmenidae, Cretaraneus, Cyatholipidae, Eocoddingtonia, Juraraneidae, Leviunguidae, Linyphiidae, Mesarania, Mesozygiella, Mimetidae, Mysmenidae, Nanoaenigmatidae, Nesticidae, Orbipurae, Pimoidae, Praetheridiidae, Protheridiidae, Pumiliopimoidae, Synaphridae, Synotaxidae, Theridiidae, Theridiosomatidae, Zarqaraneidae
Subtaxa: Araneometa Azilia Cyrtognatha Eometa Homalometa Leucauge Leucauginae Meta Palaeometa Palaeopachygnatha Priscometa Tetragnatha
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (1 collection), the Dominican Republic (4), Mexico (1)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (2: Colorado)
Total: 12 collections including 36 occurrences