Metellina longipalpis ( Pavesi, 1883 ) 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 : 209-210

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 .

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.