Metepeira

Metepeira
Metepeira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Metepeira
F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903
Type species
Metepeira spinipes
F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1903
Species

Metepeira labyrinthea
Metepeira datona
Metepeira palustris
Metepeira spinipes
many others

Diversity
> 40 species

Metepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders with about 40 described species. These are found from Argentina to Canada, including Caribbean islands.

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Name

The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek μετά and the obsolete genus name Epeira, denoting a genus similar to Epeira.

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