''Hispanognatha'' is a
monotypic
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genus
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of
long-jawed orb-weavers containing the single species, ''Hispanognatha guttata''. It was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1945
from a male found on
Hispaniola
Hispaniola (, also ) is an island between Geography of Cuba, Cuba and Geography of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and the second-largest by List of C ...
.
See also
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List of Tetragnathidae species
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References
Monotypic Tetragnathidae genera
Spiders of the Caribbean
Tetragnathidae
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