Metleucauge
Metleucauge is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1980.[2]
| Metleucauge | |
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| Metleucauge chikunii female | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata | 
| Class: | Arachnida | 
| Order: | Araneae | 
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae | 
| Family: | Tetragnathidae | 
| Genus: | Metleucauge Levi, 1980[1]  | 
| Type species | |
| M. eldorado Levi, 1980  | |
| Species | |
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Species
    
As of October 2019 it contains eight species, found in Asia and the United States:[1]
- Metleucauge chikunii Tanikawa, 1992 – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
 - Metleucauge davidi (Schenkel, 1963) – China, Taiwan
 - Metleucauge dentipalpis (Kroneberg, 1875) – Central Asia
 - Metleucauge eldorado Levi, 1980 (type) – USA
 - Metleucauge kompirensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
 - Metleucauge minuta Yin, 2012 – China
 - Metleucauge yaginumai Tanikawa, 1992 – Japan
 - Metleucauge yunohamensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
 
In synonymy:
- M. sinensis (Schenkel, 1953) = Metleucauge yunohamensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
 - M. vena (Dönitz & Strand, 1906) = Metleucauge kompirensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
 
See also
    
    
References
    
- "Gen. Metleucauge Levi, 1980". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
 - Levi, H. W. (1980). "The orb-weaver genus Mecynogea, the subfamily Metinae and the genera Pachygnatha, Glenognatha and Azilia of the subfamily Tetragnathinae north of Mexico (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 149: 1–74.
 
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