The Spider Cytogenetic Database

Current version: 12.5 (Feb 29, 2024)

Douglas Araujo, Marielle Cristina Schneider, Emygdio Paula-Neto and Doralice Maria Cella​
Tetragnathidae  Menge, 1866

Cited as = species name adopted by the researcher that performed the cytogenetic analysis; 2n = diploid number of males and in parenthesis, diploid number of females; n = haploid number; 3n = triploid number; 4n = tetraploid number; SCS = sex chromosome system; T = telocentric; A = acrocentric; St = subtelocentric; Sm = submetacentric; M = metacentric; H = holocentric; S = supernumerary chromosome; (?) = dubious description; (*) = designation of the species name not recorded in the taxonomic database.

Valid name Cited as 2n SCS Chromosomal morphology Collection site Bibliography
Leucauge blanda (L. Koch, 1878) ---- 24 X1X2 ---- ---- Suzuki, 1951a
Leucauge celebesiana (Walckenaer, 1841) Leucauge magnifica 24 X1X2 22A+X1X2A Japan Suzuki, 1954
Leucauge celebesiana (Walckenaer, 1841) ---- 25 X1X2X3 ---- India Datta & Chatterjee, 1983
Leucauge celebesiana (Walckenaer, 1841) ---- 25 X1X2X3 22T+X1X2X3T India Datta & Chatterjee, 1988
Leucauge decorata (Blackwall, 1864) ---- 24 X1X2 22A+X1X2A India Bole-Gowda, 1958
Leucauge decorata (Blackwall, 1864) ---- 25 X1X2X3 22A+X1X2X3A India Sharma et al., 1959
Leucauge decorata (Blackwall, 1864) ---- 25 X1X2X3 22T+X1X2X3T India Datta & Chatterjee, 1988
Leucauge tessellata (Thorell, 1887) ---- 25 X1X2X3 ---- India Datta & Chatterjee, 1983
Leucauge tessellata (Thorell, 1887) ---- 25 X1X2X3 22T+X1X2X3T India Datta & Chatterjee, 1988
Meta menardi (Latreille, 1804) ---- 24 X1X2 22A+X1X2A Slovakia Král et al., 2011
Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1869) Meta segmentata mengei 24 X1X2 ---- ---- Sokolov, 1960
Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1869) Meta segmentata mengei 24 X1X2 ---- ---- Sokolov, 1962
Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763) ---- 24 X1X2 22A+X1X2A Czech Republic Král et al., 2011
Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) Meta reticulata 24 X1X2 22A+X1X2A Finland Hackman, 1948
Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) Meta segmentata 24 X1X2X3X4 ---- India Datta & Chatterjee, 1983
Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) Meta segmentata 24 X1X2X3X4 20T+X1X2X3X4T India Datta & Chatterjee, 1988
Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) ---- 24 X1X2 22A+X1X2A Czech Republic Král et al., 2011
Metleucauge yunohamensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) ---- 24 X1X2 22A+X1X2A Japan Suzuki, 1954
Orsinome vethi (van Hasselt, 1882) Labulla nepula 25 X1X2X3 ---- India Datta & Chatterjee, 1983
Pachygnatha clercki Sundevall, 1823 ---- 24 X1X2 22A+X1X2A Russia Gorlov et al., 1995
Pachygnatha listeri Sundevall, 1830 ---- 24 X1X2 22A+X1X2A Russia Gorlov et al., 1995
Pachygnatha quadrimaculata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) Dyschiriognotha quadrimaculata 24 X1X2 ---- ---- Qingtao et al., 1998b
Pachygnatha sp. ---- 24 X1X2 22A+X1X2A South Africa Šťáhlavský et al., 2020
Tetragnatha andamanensis Tikader, 1977 ---- 24 X1X2 ---- India Datta & Chatterjee, 1983
Tetragnatha andamanensis Tikader, 1977 ---- 24 X1X2 ---- India Sharma & Parida, 1987
Tetragnatha andamanensis Tikader, 1977 ---- 24 X1X2 22T+X1X2T India Datta et al., 1995
Tetragnatha bogotensis Keyserling, 1865 Tetragnatha mandibulata bidentata 24 X1X2 22T+X1X2T India Datta et al., 1995
Tetragnatha ceylonica O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 Meta gracilis 24 X1X2 ---- India Datta & Chatterjee, 1983
Tetragnatha ceylonica O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 Meta gracilis 24 X1X2 22T+X1X2T India Datta et al., 1995
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758) ---- 22 X1X2 20A+X1X2A Finland Hackman, 1948
Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758) ---- 24 X1X2 ---- ---- Sokolov, 1960
Tetragnatha keyserlingi Simon, 1890 Tetragnatha japonica 24 X1X2 ---- ---- Suzuki, 1949
Tetragnatha keyserlingi Simon, 1890 Tetragnatha japonica 24 X1X2 ---- ---- Suzuki, 1950a
Tetragnatha keyserlingi Simon, 1890 Tetragnatha japonica 24 X1X2 22A+X1X2A Japan Suzuki, 1954
Tetragnatha mandibulata Walckenaer, 1841 ---- 24 X1X2 22A+X1X2A India Mittal, 1966c
Tetragnatha obtusa C.L. Koch, 1837 Tetragnatha sp. (obtusa?) 22 X1X2 20A+X1X2A Finland Hackman, 1948
Tetragnatha obtusa C.L. Koch, 1837 ---- 22 X1X2 ---- ---- Sokolov, 1960
Tetragnatha squamata Karsch, 1879 ---- 22 X1X2 ---- ---- Suzuki, 1950a
Tetragnatha squamata Karsch, 1879 ---- 24 X1X2 22A+X1X2A Japan Suzuki, 1954
Tetragnatha sp. ---- 24 X1X2 ---- India Sharma et al., 1960
Tetragnatha sp. ---- 24 X1X2 22A+X1X2A India Mittal, 1966b