Mollemeta

Mollemeta is a monotypic genus of long-jawed orb-weavers endemic to Chile.^[4] It contains the single species, Mollemeta edwardsi,^[1] first described as Landana edwardsi, based on a female found in 1904.^[3] The name is a reference to "Molle", the Mapudungun word for "tree", because it builds its vertical orb webs on tree trunks.^[4] It is in a clade with Allende, Chrysometa, Dolichognatha, Meta, and Metellina due to several autapomorphies, including the unique shapes of the cymbium, conductor, and embolus.^[4]

Mollemeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Mollemeta Álvarez-Padilla, 2007[1]
Species:	M. edwardsi
Binomial name
Mollemeta edwardsi (Simon, 1904)
Synonyms
Dolichognatha edwardsi (Simon, 1904)[2] Landana edwardsi Simon, 1904[3]

See also

• List of Tetragnathidae species
• Allende
• Chrysometa
• Dolichognatha
• Meta
• Metellina