Taxon details


Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2021-05-26
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013922]
  • Distribution: Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Iran, China, Japan. Introduced to Canada
Type deposit: provide information
Taxonomic references
Araneus segmentatus Clerck, 1757: 45, pl. 2, f. 6 (Dmf; Clerckian names validated by ICZN, 1959: Direction 104).
Aranea reticulata Linnaeus, 1758: 619 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013923].
Aranea angulata Schrank, 1781: 525 (D).
Aranea senoculata Cyrillus, 1787: 1, pl. 8, f. 7.
Aranea segmentata Olivier, 1789: 206.
Aranea reticulata Olivier, 1789: 231.
Araneus segmentatus Martyn, 1793: 20, pl. 1, f. 1-2 (mf).
Aranea inclinata Walckenaer, 1802: 201.
Epeira inclinata Walckenaer, 1805: 62.
Epeira variegata Risso, 1826: 170 (D).
Zilla reticulata C. L. Koch, 1839a: 142, f. 532-533 (mf).
Epeira inclinata Walckenaer, 1841: 82 (Dmf).
Epeira segmentata Westring, 1851: 35.
Meta segmentata Westring, 1861: 80 (Dmf).
Epeira inclinata Blackwall, 1864a: 354, pl. 26, f. 255 (mf).
Meta segmentata Menge, 1866: 86, pl. 14, f. 24 (mf).
Zilla inclinata Sordelli, 1868: 471.
Meta segmentata Thorell, 1870a: 39.
Meta segmentata Hansen, 1882: 24, pl. 1, f. 40, pl. 2, f. 1 (mf).
Miranda piniophila Bremi-Wolff, in Pavesi, 1884b: 127 (nomen nudum).
Meta segmentata Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 138, pl. 6, f. 1 (mf).
Meta segmentata Becker, 1896: (2): 56, pl. 11, f. 3 (mf) [includes M. mengei].
Meta segmentata Bösenberg, 1901: 48, pl. 3, f. 39 (mf).
Meta antrorum Simon, 1907a: 544, f. 2B (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060521].
Meta segmentata Engelhardt, 1910: 40, f. 2-3 (f).
Meta segmentata Osterloh, 1922: 359, f. 17-19, 28-30 (mf).
Meta segmentata Simon, 1929: 653, 752, f. 1005-1006 (mf).
Meta reticulata Reimoser, 1929c: 86, f. 4 (mf).
Meta reticulata Wiehle, 1931: 119, f. 192-197 (mf).
Meta reticulata Drensky, 1943: 247, f. 30 (mf).
Meta segmentata Locket & Millidge, 1953: 115, f. 75, 76B, 77A, d (mf).
Meta segmentata Chrysanthus, 1953: 160, f. 1a, 2a, c, 3c-d (mf).
Meta segmentata Saito, 1959: 101, f. 120a-c (f).
Meta segmentata Zamaraev, 1964: 352, f. 14, 15A, 16A (mf).
Meta segmentata Wiehle, 1967b: 191, f. 30, 32 (mf).
Meta segmentata Miller, 1971: 201, pl. XXXVII, f. 5-6 (mf).
Meta segmentata Loksa, 1972: 69, f. 59A, 60A-C (mf, S of Meta antrorum).
Meta segmentata Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 64, f. 36A, 37B, D (mf).
Meta segmentata Palmgren, 1974a: 40, f. 1a, c, 17h-m (mf).
Meta segmentata Punda, 1975b: 44, f. 75, 78, 80 (mf).
Metellina segmentata Levi, 1980a: 36, f. 99-104 (Tmf from Meta).
Meta segmentata Roberts, 1985: 202, f. 90a, f, 91a (mf).
Metellina segmentata Yaginuma, 1986c: 193, f. 2B, 3B, D (mf).
Metellina segmentata Levy, 1987: 254, f. 55-56 (f).
Metellina segmentata Coddington, 1990: 14, f. 49 (m).
Metellina segmentata Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 64, f. 139 (mf).
Meta segmentata Roberts, 1995: 307, f. (mf).
Meta segmentata Mcheidze, 1997: 250, f. 540-541 (m).
Metellina segmentata Bellmann, 1997: 98, f. (mf).
Meta segmentata Roberts, 1998: 321, f. (mf).
Metellina segmentata Dondale et al., 2003: 111, f. 240-243 (mf).
Metellina segmentata Trotta, 2005: 174, f. 427, 429, 432 (mf).
Metellina segmentata Almquist, 2006: 115, f. 134a-k (mf).
Metellina segmentata Álvarez-Padilla et al., 2009: 140, f. 11a, 12c, e (mf).
Meta segmentata Wunderlich, 2011: 206, f. 6-7 (m).
Metellina segmentata Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 779, f. 66A-F, 67A-H, 68A-F, 69A-F, 70A-D (mf).
Metellina segmentata Marusik, Özkütük & Kunt, 2012: 70, f. 2, 4 (m).
Metellina segmentata Morano, 2020: 106, f. 9, 14-15 (mf).
References

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Álvarez-Padilla, F., Dimitrov, D., Giribet, G. & Hormiga, G. (2009). Phylogenetic relationships of the spider family Tetragnathidae (Araneae, Araneoidea) based on morphological and DNA sequence data. Cladistics 25: 109-146. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00242.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Álvarez-Padilla, F. & Hormiga, G. (2011a). Morphological and phylogenetic atlas of the orb-weaving spider family Tetragnathidae (Araneae: Araneoidea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162(4): 713-879. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00692.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Becker, L. (1896). Les arachnides de Belgique, deuxième et troisième parties. Annales du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 12(2): 1-127, pl. 1-25 & 12(3): 1-378, pl. 1-18. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.48721 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bellmann, H. (1997). Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, 304 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Blackwall, J. (1864a). A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Part II. Ray Society, London, pp. 175-384, pl. 13-29. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.143674 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bösenberg, W. (1901). Die Spinnen Deutschlands. I. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14(1): 1-96, Pl. 1-8. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6508 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chrysanthus, P. (1953). Is Meta mengei Blackwall a variety of Meta segmentata (Clerck)? (Aranei-Argiopidae). Zoologische Mededelingen 32: 155-163. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chyzer, C. & Kulczyński, W. (1891). Araneae Hungariae. Tomus I. Academia Scientarum Hungaricae, Budapest, 170 pp., 4 Pls. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Clerck, C. (1757). Aranei Svecici. Svenska spindlar, uti sina hufvud-slågter indelte samt under några och sextio särskildte arter beskrefne och med illuminerade figurer uplyste. Laurentius Salvius, Stockholmiae [= Stockholm], 154 pp. [date of publication is 18 April 1757, see Breitling, 2022b: 10] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.119890 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Coddington, J. A. (1990). Ontogeny and homology in the male palpus of orb-weaving spiders and their relatives, with comments on phylogeny (Araneoclada: Araneoidea, Deinopoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 496: 1-52. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Cyrillus, D. (1787). Entomologiae neapolitanae, specimen primum. Naples, pl. 1-12. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dondale, C. D., Redner, J. H., Paquin, P. & Levi, H. W. (2003). The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 23. The orb-weaving spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Uloboridae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Theridiosomatidae). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 371 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Drensky, P. (1943). Die Spinnenfauna Bulgariens. VI. Unterordnung Arachnomorphae, II Gruppe Trionichia, Familie Euetrioidae. Bulletin des Institutions Royales d'Histoire Naturelle à Sophia 16: 219-254. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Engelhardt, V. v. (1910). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der weiblichen Copulationsorgane einiger Spinnen. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 96: 32-117. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hansen, H. J. (1882). Spindeldyr. In: Schiödte, J. C. (ed.) Zoologia Danica. Kjöbenhavn 3, 1-81, I-V. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Heimer, S. & Nentwig, W. (1991). Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1839a). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Fünfter Band, pp. 125-158, pl. 175-180 (f. 418-431); Sechster Band, pp. 1-156, pl. 181-216 (f. 432-540); Siebenter Band, pp. 1-106, pl. 217-246 (f. 541-584). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1980a). 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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levy, G. (1987). Spiders of the genera Araniella, Zygiella, Zilla and Mangora (Araneae, Araneidae) from Israel, with notes on Metellina species from Lebanon. Zoologica Scripta 16(3): 243-257. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1987.tb00071.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae [= Stockholm], 821 pp. (Araneae, pp. 619-624). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Locket, G. H. & Millidge, A. F. (1953). British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Locket, G. H., Millidge, A. F. & Merrett, P. (1974). British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Loksa, I. (1972). Araneae II. Fauna Hungariae 109: 1-112. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Martyn, T. (1793). Aranei, or a natural history of spiders, including the principal parts of the well known work on English spiders by Eleazar Albin, as also the whole of the celebrated publication on Swedish spiders by Charles Clerk. Tomkins & Vincent, London, 70 pp. & 11 pls. [Clerck], 31 pp. & 17 pls. [Albin]. [only the Clerckian part contains binominal names, the plates are different from Clerck's and not every fig. is mentioned in the text] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.119889 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Marusik, Y. M., Özkütük, R. S. & Kunt, K. B. (2012). Spiders (Araneae) new to the fauna of Turkey. 10. Two new species records of Tetragnathidae. Anadolu University Journal of Science and Technology, C 2(2): 69-73. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Mcheidze, T. S. (1997). [Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review]. Tbilisi University, 390 pp. (in Georgian). [English version published by Otto (2014) available here] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Menge, A. (1866). Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung. Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig (N.F.) 1: 1-152, pl. 1-28. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Miller, F. (1971). Pavouci-Araneida. Klíč zvířeny ČSSR 4: 51-306. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Morano, E. (2020). La familia Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866 (Araneae) en el área ibero-balear. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 37: 101-136. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Olivier, G. A. (1789). Araignée, Aranea. In: Encyclopédie Méthodique, Histoire Naturelle, Insectes. Tome quatrième. Panckoucke, Paris, pp. 173-240. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.82248 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Osterloh, A. (1922). Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Kopulationsapparates einiger Spinnen. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 119: 326-421. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Palmgren, P. (1974a). Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens. IV. Argiopidae, Tetragnathidae und Mimetidae. Fauna Fennica 24: 1-70. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pavesi, P. (1884b). Aracnidi critici di Bremi-Wolff. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 15(1/2): 126-128. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Punda, H. (1975b). Pająki Borów Sosnowych. Polska Akad. Nauk, 91 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Reimoser, E. (1929c). Einheimische Spinnen 3-4. Die Natur (Wien) 5: 36-39, 62-65, 82-89. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale, et principalement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes. Paris 5, 159-176. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roberts, M. J. (1985). The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books, Colchester, England, 229 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roberts, M. J. (1995). Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roberts, M. J. (1998). Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Saitō, S. (1959). The Spider Book Illustrated in Colours. Hokuryukan, Tokyo, 194 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schrank, F. von P. (1781). Enumeratio insectorum austriae indigenorum. Vidvam Eberhardi Klett et Franck, Augustae Vindelicorum [= Eberhard Klett und Franck, Augsburg], 552 pp. (Araneae, pp. 526-534). download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1907a). Biospéologica III. Araneae, Chernetes et Opiliones (première série). Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale (4) 6: 537-553. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1929). Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 3e partie. Roret, Paris, 533-772. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sordelli, F. (1868). Sui ragni Lombardi. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali 11: 459-476. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1870a). Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Part I. C. J. Lundström, Uppsala, pp. 1-96. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.69282 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Trotta, A. (2005). Introduzione al ragni italiani (Arachnida Araneae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 83: 3-178. doi:10.4081/memorieSEI.2004.3 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1802). Faune parisienne. Insectes. Ou histoire abrégée des insectes de environs de Paris, classés d'après le système de Fabricius. Tome seconde. Dentu, Paris, pp. 187-250, 428-430. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.8151 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1805). Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Dentu, Paris, 88 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1841). Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Tome deuxième. Roret, Paris, 549 pp., pl. 16-22. [not published in 1837, see pp. 430, 452, 505; plates in second pdf of Walckenaer, 1837] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61095 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Westring, N. (1851). Förteckning öfver de till närvarande tid Kände, i Sverige förekommande Spindlarter, utgörande ett antal af 253, deraf 132 äro nya för svenska Faunan. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 2: 25-62. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Westring, N. (1861). Araneae svecicae. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 7: 1-615. [publ. also as separate in 1862] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Wiehle, H. (1931). Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea. 27. Familie. Araneidae. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 23: 47-136. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Wiehle, H. (1967b). Meta,-eine semientelegyne Gattung der Araneae (Arach.). Senckenbergiana Biologica 48: 183-196. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Wunderlich, J. (2011). Extant and fossil spiders (Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 6: 1-640. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1986c). Taxonomic notes on Japanesee spiders (II): Araneus, Neoscona, Metellina, Cispius, Heptathela. Faculty of Letters Revue, Otemon Gakuin University 20: 187-200. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zamaraev, V. N. (1964). Opredelitel vidov paukov semeistva Araneidae. Uchenye Zapiski Kalininskogo Gosudarstvennogo Pedagogicheskogo Instituta 31: 350-368. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Date Type Reference Detail
2021-05-26 New taxonomic reference entry Martyn, 1793 n/a
2021-01-04 New taxonomic reference entry Morano, 2020 n/a
2016-12-14 New taxonomic reference entry Marusik, Özkütük & Kunt, 2012 n/a