Parameta

This article is about the genus of spiders. For the genus of moth, see Pehria.

Parameta is a genus of African long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.^[2] As of March 2021^[update], it is monotypic, being represented by a single species, Parameta jugularis.^[1]

Parameta jugularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Parameta Simon, 1895[1]
Species:	P. jugularis
Binomial name
Parameta jugularis Simon, 1895

See also

• List of Tetragnathidae species