''Chrysometa'' is a

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of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. It is a senior synonym of ''Capichameta''.

Species

it contains 146 species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

: *'' C. acinosa'' Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 –

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

*'' C. adelis''

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, 1986 –

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

*'' C. alajuela'' Levi, 1986 – Costa Rica to Colombia *'' C. alboguttata'' (

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, 1889) – Mexico to Colombia *'' C. allija'' Levi, 1986 –

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

*'' C. antonio'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. aramba'' Levi, 1986 –

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

*'' C. atotonilco'' Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & Álvarez-Padilla, 2018 –

*'' C. aureola'' (Keyserling, 1884) – Brazil,

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*'' C. banos'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador *'' C. bella'' (

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, 1909) –

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

*'' C. bigibbosa'' (Keyserling, 1864) – Colombia *'' C. bolivari'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador *'' C. bolivia'' Levi, 1986 –

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, Colombia *'' C. boquete'' Levi, 1986 –

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

, Colombia *'' C. boraceia'' Levi, 1986 – Brazil,

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

*'' C. brevipes'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Mexico,

Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...

*'' C. browni'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador *'' C. buenaventura'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. buga'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. butamalal'' Levi, 1986 – Chile *'' C. cali'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. calima'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. cambara'' Levi, 1986 – Brazil *'' C. candianii'' Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil *'' C. carmelo'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. cebolleta'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. chica'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador *'' C. chipinque'' Levi, 1986 – Mexico, Guatemala *'' C. choroni'' Levi, 1986 –

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

*'' C. chulumani'' Levi, 1986 – Bolivia *'' C. churitepui'' Levi, 1986 – Venezuela *'' C. citlaltepetl'' Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & Álvarez-Padilla, 2018 – Mexico *'' C. claudia'' Levi, 1986 – Venezuela *'' C. columbicola''

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, 1916 – Colombia *'' C. conspersa'' (Bryant, 1945) –

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...

*'' C. cornuta'' (Bryant, 1945) – Hispaniola *'' C. craigae'' Levi, 1986 – Costa Rica *'' C. cuenca'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador *'' C. decolorata'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Guatemala *'' C. digua'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. distincta'' (Bryant, 1940) –

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

*'' C. donachui'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. duida'' Levi, 1986 – Venezuela *'' C. eberhardi'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. ecarup'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. eugeni'' Levi, 1986 –

Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in th ...

, St. Vincent *'' C. explorans'' (

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, 1916) –

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

*'' C. fidelia'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. flava'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – Mexico to Brazil *'' C. flavicans'' ( Caporiacco, 1947) – Brazil,

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

*'' C. fuscolimbata'' (

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, 1958) –

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

*'' C. guadeloupensis'' Levi, 1986 –

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...

*'' C. guttata'' (Keyserling, 1881) – Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil *'' C. hamata'' (Bryant, 1942) –

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

*'' C. heredia'' Levi, 1986 – Costa Rica *'' C. huanuco'' Levi, 1986 – Peru *'' C. huila'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia, Ecuador *'' C. incachaca'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. itaimba'' Levi, 1986 – Brazil *'' C. jayuyensis'' ( Petrunkevitch, 1930) – Puerto Rico *'' C. jelskii'' Levi, 1986 – Peru *'' C. jordao'' Levi, 1986 – Brazil *'' C. keyserlingi'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. kochalkai'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. lancetilla'' Levi, 1986 –

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

*'' C. lapazensis'' Levi, 1986 – Bolivia *'' C. lepida'' (Keyserling, 1881) – Peru *'' C. levii'' Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 – Chile *'' C. linguiformis'' (Franganillo, 1930) – Cuba, Jamaica *'' C. lomanhungae'' Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil *'' C. ludibunda'' (Keyserling, 1893) – Brazil, Paraguay *'' C. luisi'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador *'' C. machala'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador, Peru *'' C. macintyrei'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador *'' C. macuchi'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador, Peru *'' C. maculata'' (Bryant, 1945) – Hispaniola *'' C. magdalena'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. maitae'' Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 – Chile *'' C. malkini'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. marta'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. merida'' Levi, 1986 – Venezuela *'' C. minuta'' (Keyserling, 1883) – Brazil *'' C. minza'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador *'' C. monticola'' (Keyserling, 1883) – Peru *'' C. muerte'' Levi, 1986 – Costa Rica to Colombia *'' C. niebla'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. nigroventris'' (Keyserling, 1879) – Colombia or Panama *'' C. nigrovittata'' (Keyserling, 1865) – Colombia, Ecuador *'' C. nubigena'' Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil *'' C. nuboso'' Levi, 1986 – Costa Rica *'' C. nuevagranada'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. obscura'' (Bryant, 1945) – Hispaniola *'' C. opulenta'' (Keyserling, 1881) – Peru, Brazil *'' C. otavalo'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador *'' C. palenque'' Levi, 1986 – Mexico to Honduras *'' C. pecki'' Levi, 1986 – Jamaica *'' C. pena'' Simó, Álvarez & Laborda, 2016 – Uruguay *'' C. penai'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador *'' C. petrasierwaldae'' Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil *'' C. pichincha'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador *'' C. pilimbala'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. plana'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador *'' C. poas'' Levi, 1986 – Mexico to Panama *'' C. puebla'' Levi, 1986 – Mexico *'' C. purace'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. puya'' Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & Álvarez-Padilla, 2018 – Mexico *'' C. ramon'' Levi, 1986 – Peru *'' C. raripila'' (Keyserling, 1893) – Brazil *'' C. rincon'' Levi, 1986 – Mexico *'' C. rosarium'' Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & Álvarez-Padilla, 2018 – Mexico *'' C. rubromaculata'' (Keyserling, 1864) – Colombia or Panama *'' C. sabana'' Levi, 1986 – Hispaniola *'' C. saci'' Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil *'' C. sagicuta'' Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & Álvarez-Padilla, 2018 – Mexico *'' C. saladito'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. santosi'' Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil *'' C. saramacca'' Levi, 1986 – Venezuela, Peru, Suriname *'' C. satulla'' (Keyserling, 1881) – Peru *'' C. satura'' Levi, 1986 – Costa Rica *'' C. schneblei'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia, Ecuador *'' C. serachui'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. sevillano'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. sicki'' Levi, 1986 – Brazil *'' C. sondo'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. sumare'' Levi, 1986 – Brazil *'' C. sztolcmani'' Levi, 1986 – Peru *'' C. tenuipes'' (Keyserling, 1864) ( type) – Colombia *'' C. tinajillas'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador *'' C. triangulosa'' Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & Álvarez-Padilla, 2018 – Mexico *'' C. troya'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador *'' C. tungurahua'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador *'' C. uaza'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador, Colombia *'' C. unicolor'' (Keyserling, 1881) – Colombia or Panama *'' C. universitaria'' Levi, 1986 – Costa Rica, Panama *'' C. ura'' Levi, 1986 – Ecuador *'' C. utcuyacu'' Levi, 1986 – Peru *'' C. valle'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia *'' C. waikoxi'' Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil *'' C. xamaticpac'' Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & Álvarez-Padilla, 2018 – Mexico *'' C. xavantina'' Levi, 1986 – Brazil *'' C. yanomami'' Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil *'' C. yotoco'' Levi, 1986 – Colombia, Venezuela *'' C. yungas'' Levi, 1986 – Bolivia *'' C. yunque'' Levi, 1986 – Puerto Rico *'' C. zelotypa'' (Keyserling, 1883) – Costa Rica to Peru In synonymy: *''C. alticola'' (Berland, 1913, T from ''Meta'') = ''Chrysometa zelotypa'' (Keyserling, 1883) *''C. ribeiroi'' (Soares & Camargo, 1955) = ''Chrysometa guttata'' (Keyserling, 1881) *''C. superans'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) = ''Chrysometa alboguttata'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) *''C. uncata'' (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903) = ''Chrysometa brevipes'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889)

References

Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Central America Spiders of Mexico Spiders of South America Tetragnathidae {{Tetragnathidae-stub

Species

See also

References