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

Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763)

Kleine Höhlenspinne

Synonyms and other combinations:

Aranea merianae Scopoli, 1763 | Metellina merianae celata (Blackwall, 1841) |

  • Metellina merianae, female 8101
    Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763)  Kleine Höhlenspinne   
    Metellina merianae, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2017-10-03 13:04:08
    Image number: 8101
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2017-10-03 13:04:08
  • Metellina merianae, female 8102
    Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763)  Kleine Höhlenspinne   
    Metellina merianae, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2017-10-03 13:04:23
    Image number: 8102
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2017-10-03 13:04:23
  • Metellina merianae, female 8103
    Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763)  Kleine Höhlenspinne   
    Metellina merianae, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2017-10-03 13:04:52
    Image number: 8103
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2017-10-03 13:04:52
  • Metellina merianae, female 8104
    Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763)  Kleine Höhlenspinne   
    Metellina merianae, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2017-10-04 11:09:42
    Image number: 8104
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2017-10-04 11:09:42
  • Metellina merianae, female 8105
    Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763)  Kleine Höhlenspinne   
    Metellina merianae, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2017-10-04 11:11:32
    Image number: 8105
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2017-10-04 11:11:32
  • Metellina merianae, female 8106
    Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763)  Kleine Höhlenspinne   
    Metellina merianae, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2017-10-04 11:11:03
    Image number: 8106
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2017-10-04 11:11:03

Distribution:
Europe, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Russia (Europe to Central Asia)

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.