Metabus (spider)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Tetragnathidae |
| Genus: | Metabus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. ocellatus (Keyserling, 1864)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Metabus is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1899.[3]
Species
[edit | edit source]As of October 2019[update] it contains four species, found in Ecuador, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and French Guiana:[1]
- Metabus conacyt Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 – Mexico, Guatemala
- Metabus debilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Mexico to Ecuador
- Metabus ebanoverde Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 – Guatemala, Dominican Rep.
- Metabus ocellatus (Keyserling, 1864) (type) – Mexico to French Guiana
In synonymy:
- M. gravidus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 = Metabus ocellatus (Keyserling, 1864)
See also
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