Homalometa

Homalometa is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.^[2] As of October 2019^[update] it contains three species, found in the Caribbean, Panama, Costa Rica, Brazil, and Mexico: H. chiriqui, H. nigritarsis, and H. nossa.^[1]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Subphylum:Chelicerata

Class:Arachnida

Order:Araneae

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Homalometa Temporal range: Neogene– Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Homalometa Simon, 1898[1]
Type species
H. nigritarsis Simon, 1898
Species
H. chiriqui Levi, 1986 – Costa Rica, Panama H. nigritarsis Simon, 1898 – Cuba, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Panama H. nossa Levi, 1986 – Brazil

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