Family Tetragnathidae
(long-jawed orb weavers)

1a

Femora IV with double row of bent hairs in proximal half of ventro-prolateral aspect

genus Leucauge

 

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1b

Femora IV without such rows of hairs

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2a

Abdomen long and narrow, more than twice as long as wide. Chelicerae very long, males have a strong projecting spur on anterior surface

genus Tetragnatha

 

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2b

Abdomen oval, less than twice as long as wide. Chelicerae not so long, frontal spur absent

genus Pachygnatha

 

 

Genus Leucauge

Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer, 1842)

Genus Pachygnatha

Pachygnatha autumnalis Marx, 1884
Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823
Pachygnatha tristriata C. L. Koch, 1845

Genus Tetragnatha

Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850
Tetragnatha
straminea Emerton, 1884
Tetragnatha
versicolor Walckenaer, 1842


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