Metellina merianopsis ( Tullgren, 1910 ) Marusik & Larsen, 2018

Marusik, Yu. M. & Larsen, N., 2018, A Synopsis Of African Metellina (Aranei, Tetragnathidae, Metainae) With Description Of A New Species From South Africa, Vestnik Zoologii (Vestn. Zool.) 52 (3), pp. 205-216 : 210-211

Metellina merianopsis ( Tullgren, 1910) , comb. n. ( fig. 34 )

Meta merianopsis Tullgren, 1910: 151 , pl. 3, f. 75, a–d (♂, ♀).

Note. The species was described based on a large series of syntypes (68 ♂, ♀) from Meru and Kilimanjaro Mountains ( Tanzania). The WSC (2017) erroneously indicates that this species is known from females only, although Tullgren provided a clear description of the male and illustrated palp. Judging from the figures of the male palp and the species name meaning “resembling merianae ” ( Metellina merianae was considered Meta in Tullgren’s time), we transfer this species to Metellina .

Figures

Fig.34.Typelocalities of speciesfrom Africaand adjacentislands nowconsidered inMetellinaor eitherdescribed or considered in Meta: 1 — Tetragnatha maculata; 2 — Metellina barreti; 3 — M. minima; 4 — M. villiersi; 5 — M. longipalpis; 6 — M. gertschi; 7 — “Meta” meruensis; 8 — Metellina merianopsis; 9 — M. haddadi sp. n., 10 — Tetragnatha vacillans.