Long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (Tetragnathidae) are a family of
araneomorphspiders first described by
Anton Menge in 1866.[1] They have elongated bodies, legs, and
chelicerae, and build small orb webs with an open hub with few, wide-set radii and spirals with no signal line or retreat. Some species are often found in long
vegetation near water.[2]
^Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2018. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at
http://wsc.nmbe.ch, version 19.0, accessed on 7 October 2018.
Chickering, A.M. (1963). The Male of Mecynometa globosa (O. P.-Cambridge) (Araneae, Argiopidae). Psyche 70:180–183.
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Long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (Tetragnathidae) are a family of
araneomorphspiders first described by
Anton Menge in 1866.[1] They have elongated bodies, legs, and
chelicerae, and build small orb webs with an open hub with few, wide-set radii and spirals with no signal line or retreat. Some species are often found in long
vegetation near water.[2]
^Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2018. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at
http://wsc.nmbe.ch, version 19.0, accessed on 7 October 2018.
Chickering, A.M. (1963). The Male of Mecynometa globosa (O. P.-Cambridge) (Araneae, Argiopidae). Psyche 70:180–183.
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