''Metazygia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
orb-weaver spiders first described by
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1904.
They physically resemble members of ''
Nuctenea
''Nuctenea'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Its most familiar member is the Walnut Orb-Weaver Spider, ''N. umbratica''.
Species
it contains only three species.
* '' Nuctenea cedrorum'' (Simon, 1929) ...
'', but they do not have fine setae on the
carapace
A carapace is a Dorsum (biology), dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tor ...
.
Species
it contains ninety species:
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M. adisi''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. aldela''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. amalla''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. arnoi''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. atalaya''
Levi, 1995 – Peru
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M. atama''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. bahama''
Levi, 1995 – Bahama Is.
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M. bahia''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. barueri''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. benella''
Levi, 1995 – Panama, Colombia
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M. bolivia''
Levi, 1995 – Bolivia
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M. calix''
( Walckenaer, 1841) – USA
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M. carimagua''
Levi, 1995 – Colombia
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M. carolinalis''
( Archer, 1951) – USA
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M. carrizal''
Levi, 1995 – Guatemala
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M. castaneoscutata''
( Simon, 1895) – Peru, Brazil
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M. cazeaca''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. chenevo''
Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Guyana
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M. chicanna''
Levi, 1995 – Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Jamaica
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M. cienaga''
Levi, 1995 – Hispaniola
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M. corima''
Levi, 1995 – Colombia
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M. corumba''
Levi, 1995 – Bolivia, Brazil
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M. crabroniphila''
Strand, 1916 – Brazil
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M. crewi''
( Banks, 1903) – Greater Antilles, Virgin Is.
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M. cunha''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. curari''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. dubia''
( Keyserling, 1864) – Costa Rica, Cuba to Galapagos Is., Peru, Brazil
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M. ducke''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil, Bolivia
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M. enabla''
Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Venezuela
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M. erratica''
(Keyserling, 1883) – Brazil
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M. floresta''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. genaro''
Levi, 1995 – Peru
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M. genialis''
(Keyserling, 1892) – Brazil, Dominican Republic (Hispaniola)
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M. goeldii''
Levi, 1995 – French Guiana, Brazil
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M. gregalis''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and work
Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...
, 1889) – Nicaragua, Caribbean to Argentina
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M. ikuruwa''
Levi, 1995 – Guyana
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M. incerta''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Belize to Panama
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M. ipago''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. ipanga''
Levi, 1995 – Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina
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M. isabelae''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. ituari''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. jamari''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil, Suriname
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M. keyserlingi''
Banks, 1929 – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Trinidad
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M. lagiana''
Levi, 1995 – Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
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M. laticeps''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Guatemala to Bolivia, Brazil
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M. lazepa''
Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Venezuela
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M. levii''
Santos, 2003 – Brazil
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M. limonal''
Levi, 1995 – Peru, Brazil, Argentina
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M. lopez''
Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
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M. loque''
Levi, 1995 – Bolivia
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M. manu''
Levi, 1995 – Peru, French Guiana
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M. mariahelenae''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. matanzas''
Levi, 1995 – Cuba
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M. moldira''
Levi, 1995 – Ecuador, Peru
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M. mundulella''
(Strand, 1916) – Brazil
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M. nigrocincta''
(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904) – Mexico to Panama
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M. nobas''
Levi, 1995 – Ecuador
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M. octama''
Levi, 1995 – Panama to Peru
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M. oro''
Levi, 1995 – Ecuador
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M. pallidula''
(Keyserling, 1864) – Mexico to Peru
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M. paquisha''
Levi, 1995 – Venezuela, Peru
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M. pastaza''
Levi, 1995 – Peru
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M. patiama''
Levi, 1995 – Peru, Brazil
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M. peckorum''
Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
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M. pimentel''
Levi, 1995 – Venezuela, Peru
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M. redfordi''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. rogenhoferi''
(Keyserling, 1878) – Brazil
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M. rothi''
Levi, 1995 – Colombia
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M. samiria''
Levi, 1995 – Peru
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M. saturnino''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. sendero''
Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
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M. serian''
Levi, 1995 – Costa Rica
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M. silvestris''
(Bryant, 1942) – Puerto Rico
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M. souza''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. taman''
Levi, 1995 – Mexico
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M. tanica''
Levi, 1995 – Guyana, French Guiana
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M. tapa''
Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Peru, French Guiana
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M. uma''
Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Peru, Brazil
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M. uraricoera''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
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M. uratron''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. valentim''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. vaupes''
Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Peru, Brazil
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M. vaurieorum''
Levi, 1995 – Guatemala
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M. viriosa''
(Keyserling, 1892) – Brazil
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M. voluptifica''
(Keyserling, 1892) – Colombia to Argentina
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M. voxanta''
Levi, 1995 – Brazil
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M. wittfeldae''
(McCook, 1894) – USA to Costa Rica
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M. yobena''
Levi, 1995 – Colombia to Guyana, Bolivia
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M. yucumo''
Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana
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M. zilloides''
(Banks, 1898) – USA, Caribbean to Honduras
References
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Araneidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of North America
Spiders of South America