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''Mollemeta'' is a monotypic genus of long-jawed orb-weavers endemic to Chile. It contains the single species, ''Mollemeta edwardsi'', first described as ''Landana edwardsi'', based on a female found in 1904. The name is a reference to "Molle", the
Mapudungun Mapuche (, Mapuche & Spanish: , or Mapudungun; from ' 'land' and ' 'speak, speech') is an Araucanian language related to Huilliche spoken in south-central Chile and west-central Argentina by the Mapuche people (from ''mapu'' 'land' and ''che ...
word for "tree", because it builds its vertical orb webs on tree trunks. It is in a clade with '' Allende'', '' Chrysometa'', '' Dolichognatha'', ''
Meta Meta (from the Greek μετά, '' meta'', meaning "after" or "beyond") is a prefix meaning "more comprehensive" or "transcending". In modern nomenclature, ''meta''- can also serve as a prefix meaning self-referential, as a field of study or ende ...
'', and '' Metellina'' due to several autapomorphies, including the unique shapes of the cymbium,
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, and embolus.


See also

* List of Tetragnathidae species * '' Allende'' * '' Chrysometa'' * '' Dolichognatha'' * ''
Meta Meta (from the Greek μετά, '' meta'', meaning "after" or "beyond") is a prefix meaning "more comprehensive" or "transcending". In modern nomenclature, ''meta''- can also serve as a prefix meaning self-referential, as a field of study or ende ...
'' * '' Metellina''


References

Monotypic Tetragnathidae genera Spiders of South America Tetragnathidae Endemic fauna of Chile {{Tetragnathidae-stub