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. It is included in a clade of its own defined by nine morphological synapomorphies, along with the genus Orsinome.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus :Nanometa dimitrovi Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia Nanometa dutrorum Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia Nanometa fea Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Papua New GuineaNanometa forsteri Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — New ZealandNanometa gentilis Simon, 1908 — Australia Nanometa hippaiPapua New GuineaNanometa lagenifera — New ZealandNanometa lehtineni — Papua New GuineaNanometa lyleae — Papua New GuineaNanometa padillai — Papua New GuineaNanometa purpurapunctata — New ZealandNanometa sarasiniNew CaledoniaNanometa tasmaniensis Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia Nanometa tetracaena Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia Nanometa trivittata — Australia