Nanometa

Nanometa is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers containing the fifteen species. It was erected by Eugène Louis Simon based on the type specimen of Nanometa gentilis found in 1908. It is included in a clade of its own defined by nine morphological synapomorphies, along with the genus Orsinome.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus :

• Nanometa dimitrovi <small>Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020</small> — Australia (Queensland)
• Nanometa dutrorum <small>Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020</small> — Australia (Tasmania)
• Nanometa fea <small>Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020</small> — Papua New Guinea
• Nanometa forsteri <small>Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020</small> — New Zealand
• Nanometa gentilis <small>Simon, 1908</small> (type) — Australia (Western Australia)
• Nanometa hippai <small>(Marusik & Omelko, 2017)</small> — Papua New Guinea
• Nanometa lagenifera <small>(Urquhart, 1888)</small> — New Zealand
• Nanometa lehtineni <small>(Marusik & Omelko, 2017)</small> — Papua New Guinea
• Nanometa lyleae <small>(Marusik & Omelko, 2017)</small> — Papua New Guinea
• Nanometa padillai <small>(Marusik & Omelko, 2017)</small> — Papua New Guinea
• Nanometa purpurapunctata <small>(Urquhart, 1889)</small> — New Zealand
• Nanometa sarasini <small>(Berland, 1924)</small> — New Caledonia
• Nanometa tasmaniensis <small>Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020</small> — Australia (Tasmania)
• Nanometa tetracaena <small>Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020</small> — Australia (Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania)
• Nanometa trivittata <small>(Keyserling, 1887)</small> — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)

See also

• Orsinome

References