''Metaltella'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
n
intertidal spiders first described by
Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão
Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão (July 17, 1886 – December 14, 1948) was a Brazilian zoologist who is considered the founder of Arachnology in South America, publishing 198 papers on the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of Arachnida. He was als ...
in 1931.
One species, ''Metaltella simoni'', has been introduced to
North America
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.
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, Indigenous (ecology), native to South America (Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina), and introduced into the United States and Canada.
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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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