Meta meruensis, Tullgren, 1910

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 : 211

“ Meta” meruensis Tullgren, 1910 ( fig. 34 )

Meta meruensis Tullgren, 1910: 151 , pl. 3, f. 74 (♀).

Note. The species is described based on the holotype female from Meru Mountain ( Tanzania). Judging from the figure of the epigyne, it is misplaced in Meta and may belong to Leucauge .

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.