Metepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1903. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek üõÃÂì and the obsolete genus name Epeira, denoting a genus similar to Epeira.
Species
it contains forty-four species found from Argentina to Canada, including Caribbean islands:
- Metepeira arizonica <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942</small> â USA, Mexico
- Metepeira atascadero <small>Piel, 2001</small> â Mexico
- Metepeira bengryi <small>(Archer, 1958)</small> â Jamaica
- Metepeira brunneiceps <small>Caporiacco, 1954</small> â French Guiana
- Metepeira cajabamba <small>Piel, 2001</small> â Ecuador, Peru
- Metepeira calamuchita <small>Piel, 2001</small> â Argentina
- Metepeira celestun <small>Piel, 2001</small> â Mexico
- Metepeira chilapae <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936</small> â Mexico
- Metepeira comanche <small>Levi, 1977</small> â USA, Mexico
- Metepeira compsa <small>(Chamberlin, 1916)</small> â Puerto Rico to Argentina
- Metepeira crassipes <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942</small> â USA, Mexico
- Metepeira datona <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942</small> â USA, Greater Antilles
- Metepeira desenderi <small>Baert, 1987</small> â Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
- Metepeira foxi <small>Gertsch & Ivie, 1936</small> â USA, Canada
- Metepeira galatheae <small>(Thorell, 1891)</small> â Chile, Argentina
- Metepeira glomerabilis <small>(Keyserling, 1892)</small> â Colombia to Paraguay, Brazil
- Metepeira gosoga <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935</small> â USA, Mexico
- Metepeira grandiosa <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941</small> â North America
- Metepeira gressa <small>(Keyserling, 1892)</small> â Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
- Metepeira inca <small>Piel, 2001</small> â Peru
- Metepeira incrassata <small>F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903</small> â Mexico
- Metepeira jamaicensis <small>Archer, 1958</small> â Hispaniola, Jamaica, Grand Cayman Is.
- Metepeira karkii <small>(Tullgren, 1901)</small> â Chile, Argentina
- Metepeira labyrinthea <small>(Hentz, 1847)</small> â North America
- Metepeira lacandon <small>Piel, 2001</small> â Mexico
- Metepeira lima <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942</small> â Peru
- Metepeira maya <small>Piel, 2001</small> â Mexico to Costa Rica
- Metepeira minima <small>Gertsch, 1936</small> â USA to Honduras
- Metepeira nigriventris <small>(Taczanowski, 1878)</small> â Peru, Bolivia
- Metepeira olmec <small>Piel, 2001</small> â Mexico to Panama
- Metepeira pacifica <small>Piel, 2001</small> â Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
- Metepeira palustris <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942</small> â USA, Canada
- Metepeira petatlan <small>Piel, 2001</small> â Mexico
- Metepeira pimungan <small>Piel, 2001</small> â USA
- Metepeira rectangula <small>(Nicolet, 1849)</small> â Chile, Argentina
- Metepeira revillagigedo <small>Piel, 2001</small> â Mexico
- Metepeira roraima <small>Piel, 2001</small> â Colombia, Brazil, Guyana
- Metepeira spinipes <small>F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903</small> â USA, Mexico
- Metepeira tarapaca <small>Piel, 2001</small> â Peru, Chile
- Metepeira triangularis <small>(Franganillo, 1930)</small> â Cuba, Hispaniola
- Metepeira uncata <small>F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903</small> â Guatemala to Costa Rica
- Metepeira ventura <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942</small> â USA, Mexico
- Metepeira vigilax <small>(Keyserling, 1893)</small> â Hispaniola, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina
- Metepeira ypsilonota <small>Mello-Leitão, 1940</small> â Brazil
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