Tetragnatha maculata Blackwall, 1865

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

Tetragnatha maculata Blackwall, 1865 ( fig. 34 )

Tetragnatha maculata Blackwall, 1865: 99 (♂, ♀).

Note. This species was described based on specimens from St. Nicholas Island ( Cape Verde Islands). The WSC (2017) erroneously indicates that the species is known from the female only, although Blackwall (1865) described the male palp and clearly indicated that he had both male and female. Simon (1883) mentioned this species as Meta maculata in a list of species from Cape Verde Islands, and provided no reason why he transferred this species to Meta . In addition, the size of the species, 1/5 of an inch (about 5 mm), is too small for Meta and Metellina . Therefore, we are placing this species back in Tetragnatha .

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.