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Tetragnatha (stretch spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Tetragnathidae

Taxonomy
Tetragnatha was named by Latreille (1804). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tetragnathinae by Petrunkevitch (1922); to Tetragnathidae by Dunlop et al. (2013); and to Tetragnathidae by Wheeler et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Tetragnatha Latreille
1922Tetragnatha Petrunkevitch p. 258
2013Tetragnatha Dunlop et al. p. 159
2017Tetragnatha Wheeler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
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)
genusTetragnathaLatreille 1804

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. Tetragnatha Latreille 1804 [stretch spider]
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Tetragnatha parva Hong 1985
Tetragnatha pristina Schawaller 1982
Tetragnatha tertiaria Scudder 1885
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Burdigalian or 37.00000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Tetragnatha tertiaria (106384)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Eocryphoeca parva (128550)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Tetragnatha pristina (122474 146562)