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Species Tetragnatha guatemalensis

Tetragnatha guatemalensis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynes)
Family Tetragnathidae (Longjawed Orb Weavers)
Genus Tetragnatha (Longjawed Orbweavers)
Species guatemalensis (Tetragnatha guatemalensis)
Range
Widespread across North and Central America, ranging from Canada to Panama, plus Cuba and Jamaica.
Remarks
Per Allen Dean, this is the dominant species in the massive spider web at Lake Tawakoni State Park, ~30 miles east of Dallas, Texas.
Internet References
Texas Entomology - Mike Quinn