Meta bourneti

Meta bourneti
Female Mera bourneti on its egg sac.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Subfamily: Metinae
Genus: Meta
Species: M. bourneti
Binomial name
Meta bourneti
Simon, 1922

Meta bourneti is an orb weaving cave spider closely related to Meta menardi.[1]

It is found from Europe to Georgia and North Africa.[2]

References

  1. "Rare spider species found in Highgate Cemetery vaults". BBC News. 20 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  2. Platnick, N.I. (2007). "The world spider catalog". version 7.5. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 20 January 2013.


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