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Tetragnatha hasselti

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Tetragnatha hasselti
female from Malaysia
male from Indonesia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Tetragnatha
Species:
T. hasselti
Binomial name
Tetragnatha hasselti
Thorell, 1890
Synonyms
  • Tetragnatha aduncata Wang, 1991
  • Tetragnatha zhuzhenrongi Barrion et al., 2013

Tetragnatha hasselti is a species of long-jawed orb weaver spider in the family Tetragnathidae. It has a wide distribution across Asia, from India to China and Indonesia (Sulawesi).[1]

The species was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890 from a female specimen collected at Gorontalo in Sulawesi, Indonesia.[2] The species was named in honor of A. W. M. Van Hasselt, who provided the type specimen to Thorell.[2]

Two species have been synonymized with T. hasselti: Tetragnatha aduncata Wang, 1991 was synonymized by Song, Zhu & Chen (1999),[3] and Tetragnatha zhuzhenrongi Barrion et al., 2013 was more recently synonymized by Lin et al. (2023).[4]

Distribution

T. hasselti is widely distributed across Asia. It has been recorded from India, China, and Indonesia (Sulawesi).[1] The species appears to be particularly common in rice field habitats across its range.[5]

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