Metellina longipalpis (Pavesi, 1883), comb. n. (fig. 34)

Meta longipalpis Pavesi, 1883: 19 (♂, ♀).

Note. The species was described based on a syntype series of 12 males and 68 females collected in two localities in Ethiopia. Although it was not illustrated, we believe that this species belongs to Metellina because Lessert (1938) indicated its similarity to M. merianae

(Scopoli, 1763) “Va riferita al gruppo della nostra M. merianae (Scop.) ”. Therefore, we transfer longipalpis from Meta to Metellina .