''Metazygia'' 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
orb-weaver spiders first described by
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1904.
They physically resemble members of ''
Nuctenea'', but they do not have fine setae on the
carapace
A carapace is a 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 tortoises, the unde ...
.
Species
it contains ninety species:
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M. adisi''
Levi
Levi ( ; ) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's third son), and the founder of the Israelites, Israelite Tribe of Levi (the Levites, including the Kohanim) and the great-grandfather of Aaron ...
, 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
Baron Charles Athanase Walckenaer (25 December 1771 – 28 April 1852) was a French civil servant, writer, man of letters, and scientist. He was a polymath and wrote extensively on geography, natural history, and literature. Major contributio ...
, 1841) – USA
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M. carimagua''
Levi, 1995 – Colombia
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M. carolinalis''
(Archer
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern ...
, 1951) – USA
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M. carrizal''
Levi, 1995 – Guatemala
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M. castaneoscutata''
(Simon
Simon may refer to:
People
* Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon
* Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon
* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, 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
Strand or The Strand may refer to:
Topography
*The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a:
** Beach
** Shoreline
* Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida
Places Africa
* Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa
* ...
, 1916 – Brazil
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M. crewi''
(Banks
A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets.
As 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 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 ...
, 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, 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