''Metaltella'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the sout ...
n
intertidal spiders first described by
Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1931.
One species, ''Metaltella simoni'', has been introduced to
North America.
Species
it contains six species:
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Metaltella arcoiris''
(Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Chile
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Metaltella iheringi''
(Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil, Argentina
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Metaltella imitans''
(Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Argentina
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Metaltella rorulenta''
(Nicolet, 1849) – Peru, Chile, Argentina
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Metaltella simoni
''Metaltella simoni'' is a species of spider, native to South America (Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina), and introduced into the United States and Canada.
Left palp of male, ventral view
Description
Females are about 8 to 9 mm long, males ab ...
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(Keyserling, 1878) – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina. Introduced to USA, Canada
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Metaltella tigrina''
(Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Argentina
References
Araneomorphae genera
Desidae
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
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