Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates) ➔ Class Arachnida (Arachnids) ➔ Order Araneae (Spiders) ➔ Family Tetragnathidae (Long-jawed orbweb spiders)

Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1870)

Menges Herbstspinne

Synonyms and other combinations:

Epeira mengei Blackwall, 1870 |

  • Metellina cf. mengei, female  3770
    Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1870)  Menges Herbstspinne   
    Metellina cf. mengei, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2005-05-05 15:52:19
    Image number: 3770
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2005-05-05 15:52:19

  • Metellina mengei, male  4070
    Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1870)  Menges Herbstspinne   
    Metellina mengei, male, conf. Guido Gabriel
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2010-04-25 11:36:58
    Image number: 4070
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2010-04-25 11:36:58
    conf. Guido Gabriel

Distribution:
Europe to Caucasus, Iran, Russia (Europe to Altai)

References, further reading, links:
  1. Kropf C., Nentwig W., Blick T. & Gloor D. (organizing board). (2019). WSC: World Spider Catalog (version 19.5, Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Bellmann, Heiko: Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas, Franckh Kosmos Verlag-GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, 3. Auflage von 2006, ISBN 3-440-07025-5
  3. Arachnologische Gesellschaft e. V. (2015): Wiki des Spinnen-Forums
  4. Lawrence Bee, Geoff Oxford, Helen Smith: Britain's Spiders A Field Guide, Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition, 496 Seiten, 2020, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-20474-1.