Metleucauge is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1980.
Species
it contains eight species, found in Asia and the United States:
- Metleucauge chikunii <small>Tanikawa, 1992</small> â China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
- Metleucauge davidi <small>(Schenkel, 1963)</small> â China, Taiwan
- Metleucauge dentipalpis <small>(Kroneberg, 1875)</small> â Central Asia
- Metleucauge eldorado <small>Levi, 1980</small> (type) â USA
- Metleucauge kompirensis <small>(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)</small> â Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
- Metleucauge minuta <small>Yin, 2012</small> â China
- Metleucauge yaginumai <small>Tanikawa, 1992</small> â Japan
- Metleucauge yunohamensis <small>(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)</small> â Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
In synonymy:
- M. sinensis <small>(Schenkel, 1953)</small> = Metleucauge yunohamensis <small>(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)</small>
- M. vena <small>(Dönitz & Strand, 1906)</small> = Metleucauge kompirensis <small>(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)</small>
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