Metainae

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Tetragnathidae
Subfamilia: Metainae
Tribus: Metini – Metabini
Genera: Atimiosa – Chrysometa – Diphya – Dolichognatha – ?Homalometa – Meta – Metellina – ?Nanningia – ?Parameta – Schenkeliella – Zhinu – ?Zygiometella

Name

Metainae
Additional references

Dimitrov, D.; Álvarez-Padilla, F.; Hormiga, G. 2010: On the phylogenetic placement of the spider genus Atimiosa Simon, 1895, and the circumscription of Dolichognatha O.P.-Cambridge, 1869 (Tetragnathidae, Araneae). American Museum novitates, (3683) DOI: 10.1206/669.1
Kallal, R.J. & Hormiga, G. 2018. An expanded molecular phylogeny of metaine spiders (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with description of new taxa from Taiwan and the Philippines. Invertebrate Systematics 32(2): 400-422. DOI: 10.1071/IS17058. Reference page.
ICZN 2013: OPINION 2326 (Case 3541) METINAE Simon, 1894 (Arachnida, Araneae, TETRAGNATHIDAE): spelling emended to METAINAE to remove homonymy with METIDAE Boeck, 1872 (Crustacea, Copepoda). Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 70(4): 276–278. Abstract Reference page.
Wang, L.Y., Zhang, Z.S & Peng, X.J. 2020. Dolichognatha bannaensis new species, a six-eyes tetragnathid spider from China (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Zootaxa 4809(1): 197–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4809.1.14. Paywall. Reference page.