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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
Genus: Nanometa

Nanometa is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers containing the fifteen species. It was erected by Eugène Louis Simon based on the type specimen of Nanometa gentilis found in 1908.[1][2] It is included in a clade of its own defined by nine morphological synapomorphies, along with the genus Orsinome.[3]
Species

The following species are recognised in the genus :

Nanometa dimitrovi Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Queensland)
Nanometa dutrorum Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Tasmania)
Nanometa fea Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Papua New Guinea
Nanometa forsteri Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — New Zealand
Nanometa gentilis Simon, 1908 (type) — Australia (Western Australia)
Nanometa hippai (Marusik & Omelko, 2017) — Papua New Guinea
Nanometa lagenifera (Urquhart, 1888) — New Zealand
Nanometa lehtineni (Marusik & Omelko, 2017) — Papua New Guinea
Nanometa lyleae (Marusik & Omelko, 2017) — Papua New Guinea
Nanometa padillai (Marusik & Omelko, 2017) — Papua New Guinea
Nanometa purpurapunctata (Urquhart, 1889) — New Zealand
Nanometa sarasini (Berland, 1924) — New Caledonia
Nanometa tasmaniensis Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Tasmania)
Nanometa tetracaena Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania)
Nanometa trivittata (Keyserling, 1887) — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)

See also

List of Tetragnathidae species
Orsinome

References

Simon, E. (1908), "Araneae. 1re partie", in Michaelsen; Hartmeyer (eds.), Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena, vol. 1
"Gen. Nanometa Simon, 1908". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
Álvarez-Padilla, F.; Hormiga, G. (2011). "Morphological and phylogenetic atlas of the orb-weaving spider family Tetragnathidae (Araneae: Araneoidea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 162: 139.

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