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.^[1][2] It is included in a clade of its own defined by nine morphological synapomorphies, along with the genus Orsinome.^[3]

Nanometa
Nanometa lagenifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Nanometa Simon, 1908
Synonyms
Eryciniolia Strand, 1912 Nediphya Marusik & Omelko, 2017

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus :

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

See also

• List of Tetragnathidae species
• Orsinome