''Metepeira'' is a
genus
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of
orb-weaver spiders first described by
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1903.
The name is derived from the
Ancient Greek
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μετά and the obsolete genus name ''
Epeira'', denoting a genus similar to ''Epeira''.
Species
it contains forty-four species found from
Argentina
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to
Canada
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, including
Caribbean
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islands:
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Metepeira arizonica''
Chamberlin
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& Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico
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Metepeira atascadero''
Piel, 2001 – Mexico
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Metepeira bengryi''
(Archer
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, 1958) – Jamaica
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Metepeira brunneiceps''
Caporiacco, 1954 – French Guiana
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Metepeira cajabamba''
Piel, 2001 – Ecuador, Peru
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Metepeira calamuchita''
Piel, 2001 – Argentina
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Metepeira celestun''
Piel, 2001 – Mexico
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Metepeira chilapae''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Mexico
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Metepeira comanche''
Levi
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, 1977 – USA, Mexico
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Metepeira compsa''
(Chamberlin, 1916) – Puerto Rico to Argentina
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Metepeira crassipes''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico
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Metepeira datona''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Greater Antilles
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Metepeira desenderi''
Baert, 1987 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
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Metepeira foxi''
Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 – USA, Canada
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Metepeira galatheae''
( Thorell, 1891) – Chile, Argentina
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Metepeira glomerabilis''
(Keyserling Keyserling is the surname of several members of the noble House of Keyserlingk:
* Alexander Keyserling (1815–1891), Russian geologist, paleontologist, botanist and zoologist
* Eugen von Keyserling (1833–1889), German arachnologist
* Hermann Gr ...
, 1892) – Colombia to Paraguay, Brazil
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Metepeira gosoga''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 – USA, Mexico
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Metepeira grandiosa''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 – North America
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Metepeira gressa''
(Keyserling, 1892) – Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
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Metepeira inca''
Piel, 2001 – Peru
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Metepeira incrassata
''Metepeira incrassata'', also known as the colonial orb-weaving spider, belongs to the spider family Araneidae and genus Metepeira. They are most famous for their social organization and group living behavior. They are generally found in tropi ...
''
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – Mexico
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Metepeira jamaicensis''
Archer, 1958 – Hispaniola, Jamaica, Grand Cayman Is.
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Metepeira karkii''
( Tullgren, 1901) – Chile, Argentina
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Metepeira labyrinthea''
( Hentz, 1847) – North America
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Metepeira lacandon''
Piel, 2001 – Mexico
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Metepeira lima''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – Peru
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Metepeira maya''
Piel, 2001 – Mexico to Costa Rica
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Metepeira minima''
Gertsch, 1936 – USA to Honduras
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Metepeira nigriventris''
(Taczanowski
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, 1878) – Peru, Bolivia
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Metepeira olmec''
Piel, 2001 – Mexico to Panama
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Metepeira pacifica''
Piel, 2001 – Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
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Metepeira palustris''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada
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Metepeira petatlan''
Piel, 2001 – Mexico
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Metepeira pimungan''
Piel, 2001 – USA
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Metepeira rectangula''
(Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina
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Metepeira revillagigedo''
Piel, 2001 – Mexico
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Metepeira roraima''
Piel, 2001 – Colombia, Brazil, Guyana
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Metepeira spinipes''
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – USA, Mexico
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Metepeira tarapaca''
Piel, 2001 – Peru, Chile
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Metepeira triangularis''
(Franganillo, 1930) – Cuba, Hispaniola
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Metepeira uncata''
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – Guatemala to Costa Rica
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Metepeira ventura''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico
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Metepeira vigilax''
(Keyserling, 1893) – Hispaniola, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina
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Metepeira ypsilonota''
Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Brazil
References
External links
Metepeiraat
BugGuide
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Araneidae
Araneidae genera
Spiders of North America
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
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