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