Mollemeta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Tetragnathidae |
Genus: | Mollemeta Álvarez-Padilla, 2007[1] |
Species: | M. edwardsi
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Binomial name | |
Mollemeta edwardsi (Simon, 1904)
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Synonyms | |
Mollemeta is a monotypic genus of long-jawed orb-weavers endemic to Chile.[4] It contains the single species, Mollemeta edwardsi,[1] first described as Landana edwardsi, based on a female found in 1904.[3] The name is a reference to "Molle", the Mapudungun word for "tree", because it builds its vertical orb webs on tree trunks.[4] It is in a clade with Allende, Chrysometa, Dolichognatha, Meta, and Metellina due to several autapomorphies, including the unique shapes of the cymbium, conductor, and embolus.[4]