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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea
Familia: Tetragnathidae
Subfamilia: Metainae
Genus: Meta
Species: Meta ovalis

Name

Meta ovalis (Gertsch, 1933)

Type locality: Marengo Spring Cave, Crawford Co., Indiana, USA

Holotype ♀: AMNH (20.X.1911; A. W. Henn)

Synonyms

• Auchicybaeus ovalis Gertsch, 1933
• Meta americana Marusik & Koponen, 1992
• Meta ovalis — Platnick, 1993

References

• Gertsch, W. J. 1933. Diagnoses of new American spiders. American Museum Novitates 637: 1-14. PDF [11, f. 15 (D♀)]
• Marusik, Y. M. & S. Koponen. 1992. A review of Meta (Araneae, Tetragnathidae), with description of two new species. Journal of Arachnology 20(2): 137-143. PDF [138, f. 1-4, 14]
• Dondale, C. D. 1995. A new synonym in the genus Meta (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Journal of Arachnology 23(2): 125-126. PDF [125]