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Meta

Arachnida - Araneae - Tetragnathidae

Taxonomy
Meta was named by Koch (1836). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tetragnathidae by Dunlop et al. (2013); and to Tetragnathidae by Wheeler et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Meta Koch
2013Meta Dunlop et al. p. 158
2017Meta Wheeler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
—Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
—EntelegynaeSimon 1893
superfamilyAraneoideaSimon 1895
familyTetragnathidae(Menge 1866)
genusMetaKoch 1836

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Meta Koch 1836
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Subg. †Meta (Praetermeta) Wunderlich 2004
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†Meta (Praetermeta) maculosa Wunderlich 2008
†Meta (Praetermeta) velans Wunderlich 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available