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Palaeometa

Arachnida - Araneae - Tetragnathidae

Taxonomy
Palaeometa was named by Petrunkevitch (1922). Its type is Theridium opertaneum.

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

Species
P. opertanea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Palaeometa Petrunkevitch p. 254
2013Palaeometa Dunlop et al. p. 159

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—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)
genusPalaeometa

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. †Palaeometa Petrunkevitch 1922
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†Palaeometa opertanea Scudder 1890
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available