Metepeira
Introduction '''''Metepeira''''' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1903.The name is derived from the Ancient Greek μετά and the obsolete genus name ''Epeira'', denoting a genus similar to ''Epeira''.
Species  it contains forty-four species found from Argentina to Canada, including Caribbean islands:*''Metepeira arizonica'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico*''Metepeira atascadero'' Piel, 2001 – Mexico*''Metepeira bengryi'' (Archer, 1958) – Jamaica*''Metepeira brunneiceps'' Caporiacco, 1954 – French Guiana*''Metepeira cajabamba'' Piel, 2001 – Ecuador, Peru*''Metepeira calamuchita'' Piel, 2001 – Argentina*''Metepeira celestun'' Piel, 2001 – Mexico*''Metepeira chilapae'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Mexico*''Metepeira comanche'' Levi, 1977 – USA, Mexico*''Metepeira compsa'' (Chamberlin, 1916) – Puerto Rico to Argentina*''Metepeira crassipes'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico*''Metepeira datona'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Greater Antilles*''Metepeira desenderi'' Baert, 1987 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is. )*''Metepeira foxi'' Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 – USA, Canada*''Metepeira galatheae'' (Thorell, 1891) – Chile, Argentina*''Metepeira glomerabilis'' (Keyserling, 1892) – Colombia to Paraguay, Brazil*''Metepeira gosoga'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 – USA, Mexico*''Metepeira grandiosa'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 – North America*''Metepeira gressa'' (Keyserling, 1892) – Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina*''Metepeira inca'' Piel, 2001 – Peru*''Metepeira incrassata'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – Mexico*''Metepeira jamaicensis'' Archer, 1958 – Hispaniola, Jamaica, Grand Cayman Is. *''Metepeira karkii'' (Tullgren, 1901) – Chile, Argentina*''Metepeira labyrinthea'' (Hentz, 1847) – North America*''Metepeira lacandon'' Piel, 2001 – Mexico*''Metepeira lima'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – Peru*''Metepeira maya'' Piel, 2001 – Mexico to Costa Rica*''Metepeira minima'' Gertsch, 1936 – USA to Honduras*''Metepeira nigriventris'' (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru, Bolivia*''Metepeira olmec'' Piel, 2001 – Mexico to Panama*''Metepeira pacifica'' Piel, 2001 – Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica*''Metepeira palustris'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada*''Metepeira petatlan'' Piel, 2001 – Mexico*''Metepeira pimungan'' Piel, 2001 – USA*''Metepeira rectangula'' (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina*''Metepeira revillagigedo'' Piel, 2001 – Mexico*''Metepeira roraima'' Piel, 2001 – Colombia, Brazil, Guyana*''Metepeira spinipes'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – USA, Mexico*''Metepeira tarapaca'' Piel, 2001 – Peru, Chile*''Metepeira triangularis'' (Franganillo, 1930) – Cuba, Hispaniola*''Metepeira uncata'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – Guatemala to Costa Rica*''Metepeira ventura'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico*''Metepeira vigilax'' (Keyserling, 1893) – Hispaniola, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina*''Metepeira ypsilonota'' Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Brazil
References
External links * Metepeira at BugGuide