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rows of dots

Tetragnatha, Longjawed Orbweaver - Tetragnatha

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Tetragnathidae (Long-jawed Orb Weavers)

Genus Tetragnatha (Longjawed Orbweavers)

No Taxon rows of dots

Identification

From Lynette: (from Levi 1981 - no updated names)

Eyes say they aren't T. earmra, guatemalensis, dearmata, elongata, versicolor, branda, or vermiformis.

Range says they aren't T. nitens, extensa, shoshone.

I think that leaves T. laboriosa, pallescens, caudata, straminea.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 19 July, 2011 - 6:29pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott
Last updated 19 July, 2011 - 8:35pm

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