Tetragnatha laboriosa (Hentz, 1850)

Fig. 11

Tetragnatha laboriosa Hentz, 1850: 27, plate 4, fig. [male syntype destroyed; male neotype designated by Levi (1981) from USA, Massachusetts, Middlesex, Holliston, in MCZ 21762].

Additional records.

Argentina - • Tetragnatha americana: one female, Río Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Patagonia (MNHN 3140). Chile: 6 males, 2 females ( T. americana: Simon det., MNHN 12628).

Notes.

See the section on T. nitens for additional information. Some of the specimens Simon (1896, 1905) identified as T. americana belong actually to T. laboriosa . We were able to analyse several specimens from Chile (MNHN 12628) and just one of the three females from Santa Cruz, Argentina (MNHN 3140, fig. 11) cited by Simon (1905) and confirmed that they are all typical T. laboriosa .