Dolichognatha

Dolichognatha
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Dolichognatha
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869
Type species
D. nietneri
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869
Species

32, see text

Synonyms
  • Afiamalu Marples, 1955
  • Atimiosa Simon, 1895
  • Homalopoltys Simon, 1895
  • Landana Simon, 1883
  • Nicholasia Bryant & Archer, 1940
  • Paraebius Thorell, 1894
  • Prolochus Thorell, 1895

Dolichognatha is a genus of tropical and subtropical long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1869. Originally placed with the Archaeidae, it was transferred to the Araneidae in 1967, and to the Tetragnathidae in 1981.

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