Metepeira
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| Metepeira | |
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| Metepeira sp. | |
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| M. labyrinthea, hiding in its labyrinth | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Metepeira F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. spinipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 | |
| Species | |
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44, see text | |
Metepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1903.[2] The name is derived from the Ancient Greek μετά and the obsolete genus name Epeira, denoting a genus similar to Epeira.
