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Homalometa

Description

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


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2151689https://www.gbif.org/species/2151689
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)268709https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=268709
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Tetragnathidae : Homalometa
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
-EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
-ProsomapodaLamsdell 2013
classXiphosura
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
-PlanatergaLamsdell 2013
-DekatriataLamsdell 2013
-SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
-PantetrapulmonataShultz 2007
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
-SerikodiastidaGarwood and Dunlop 2014
orderAraneaeClerck 1757
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
-EntelegynaeSimon 1893
superfamilyAraneoideaSimon 1895
subfamilyTetragnathidae(Menge 1866)
genusHomalometaSimon 1897
Scientific NameHomalometa Simon, 1897
Name Published InProc. Zool. Soc. London, 1897
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Homalometagenusbelongs to Tetragnathidaestated with evidenceDunlop et al., 2013
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Arachnida)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arachnida)
Visionlimited (based on Xiphosurida)
Dietcarnivore (based on Xiphosura)
Taphonomychitin (based on Arachnida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. A. Dunlop, D. Penney, and D. Jekel. 2013. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In N. Platnick (ed.), The World Spider Catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homalometa

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Homalometa chiriqui
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Homalometa fossilis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
120.4 Ma
Miocene
20.4 Ma
Miocene
Homalometa nigritarsis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Homalometa nossa
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1897Homalometa Simon
2013Homalometa Dunlop et al. p. 158

References

Dunlop J. A., Penney D., et al (2013) A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives, The World Spider Catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000 unverified/Stang, 2004-present - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per included species - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1897 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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