Nanometa Explained

Nanometa is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers containing the fifteen species. It was erected by Eugène Louis Simon based on the type specimen of Nanometa gentilis found in 1908.^[1] It is included in a clade of its own defined by nine morphological synapomorphies, along with the genus Orsinome.^[2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus :

• Nanometa dimitrovi Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Queensland)
• Nanometa dutrorum Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Tasmania)
• Nanometa fea Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Papua New Guinea
• Nanometa forsteri Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — New Zealand
• Nanometa gentilis Simon, 1908 (type) — Australia (Western Australia)
• Nanometa hippai (Marusik & Omelko, 2017) — Papua New Guinea
• Nanometa lagenifera (Urquhart, 1888) — New Zealand
• Nanometa lehtineni (Marusik & Omelko, 2017) — Papua New Guinea
• Nanometa lyleae (Marusik & Omelko, 2017) — Papua New Guinea
• Nanometa padillai (Marusik & Omelko, 2017) — Papua New Guinea
• Nanometa purpurapunctata (Urquhart, 1889) — New Zealand
• Nanometa sarasini (Berland, 1924) — New Caledonia
• Nanometa tasmaniensis Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Tasmania)
• Nanometa tetracaena Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania)
• Nanometa trivittata (Keyserling, 1887) — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)

See also

• List of Tetragnathidae species
• Orsinome

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gen. Nanometa Simon, 1908. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-12-01. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
2. Álvarez-Padilla. F.. Hormiga. G.. 2011. Morphological and phylogenetic atlas of the orb-weaving spider family Tetragnathidae (Araneae: Araneoidea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 162. 139.