Homalometa

Homalometa is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.[2] As of October 2019 it contains three species, found in the Caribbean, Panama, Costa Rica, Brazil, and Mexico: H. chiriqui, H. nigritarsis, and H. nossa.[1]

Homalometa
Temporal range: Neogene– Present
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Homalometa
Simon, 1898[1]
Type species
H. nigritarsis
Simon, 1898
Species

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Homalometa Simon, 1898". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Simon, E. (1898). "On the spiders of the island of St Vincent. III". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 65: 860–890.


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