On the validity of the Japanese spider genus Metimorpha (Araneae, Araneidae).
The monotypic Japanese spider genus Metimorpha Strand, 1906 is known only from the juvenile holotype of M. tullia Bösenberg and Strand, 1906. The genus is not a tetragnathid as currently catalogued, nor a nephilid as tentatively suggested in the original description. Metimorpha is transferred to Araneidae, but the name is proposed as a nomen dubium.
Kuntner
Matjaz
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Institute of Biology, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Novi trg 2, PO Box 306, SI-1001 Ljublana, Slovenia.
D000818:Animals; D007564:Japan; D013045:Species Specificity; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*