Meta

Meta is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1835. They are often associated with caves, caverns, and recesses, earning some of them the name "cave orbweavers" Species it contains twenty-six species, found worldwide: Meta abdomenalis Patel & Reddy, 1993 – India Meta birmanica Thorell, 1898 – Myanmar Meta bourneti Simon, 1922 – Europe, Georgia, North Africa Meta dolloff Levi, 1980 – USA Meta hamata Wang, Zhou, Irfan, Yang & Peng, 2020 — China Meta japonica Tanikawa, 1993 – Japan Meta longlingensis Wang, Zhou, Irfan, Yang & Peng, 2020 — China Meta manchurica Marusik & Koponen, 1992 – Russia (Far East), Korea Meta menardi (Latreille, 1804) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Iran Meta meruensis Tullgren, 1910 – Tanzania Meta mixta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – China (Yarkand) Meta monogrammata Butler, 1876 – Australia (Queensland) Meta montana Hogg, 1919 – Indonesia (Sumatra) Meta nebulosa Schenkel, 1936 – China Meta nigridorsalis Tanikawa, 1994 – China, Japan Meta obscura Kulczyński, 1899 – Canary Is., Madeira Meta ovalis (Gertsch, 1933) – USA, Canada Meta qianshanensis Zhu & Zhu, 1983 – China Meta serrana Franganillo, 1930 – Cuba Meta shenae Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 – China Meta simlaensis Tikader, 1982 – India Meta stridulans Wunderlich, 1987 – Madeira Meta tangi >Wang, Zhou, Irfan, Yang & Peng, 2020 — China Meta turbatrix Keyserling, 1887 – Australia (New South Wales) Meta yani >Wang, Zhou, Irfan, Yang & Peng, 2020 — China Meta tangi >Wang, Zhou, Irfan, Yang & Peng, 2020 — China Synonyms Synonyms include: Meta americana Marusik & Koponen, 1992 = Meta ovalis (Gertsch, 1933) Meta milleri Kratochvíl, 1942 = Meta bourneti Simon, 1922 Dubious names