Metleucauge

''Metleucauge'' is a genus of Tetragnathidae, long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1980.

Species

it contains eight species, found in Asia and the United States:
*''Metleucauge chikunii'' Tanikawa, 1992 – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
*''Metleucauge davidi'' (Schenkel, 1963) – China, Taiwan
*''Metleucauge dentipalpis'' (Kroneberg, 1875) – Central Asia
*''Metleucauge eldorado'' Levi, 1980 (Type_species, type) – USA
*''Metleucauge kompirensis'' (Bösenberg & Embrik Strand, Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
*''Metleucauge minuta'' Yin, 2012 – China
*''Metleucauge yaginumai'' Tanikawa, 1992 – Japan
*''Metleucauge yunohamensis'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan

In synonymy:
*''M. sinensis'' (Schenkel, 1953) = ''Metleucauge yunohamensis'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
*''M. vena'' (Dönitz & Strand, 1906) = ''Metleucauge kompirensis'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)

See also

* List of Tetragnathidae species

References

Tetragnathidae genera
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of Russia
Tetragnathidae

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