Tetragnatha vacillans ( Butler, 1876 ) Marusik & Larsen, 2018

Marusik, Yu. M. & Larsen, N., 2018, A Synopsis Of African Metellina (Aranei, Tetragnathidae, Metainae) With Description Of A New Species From South Africa, Vestnik Zoologii (Vestn. Zool.) 52 (3), pp. 205-216 : 212

Tetragnatha vacillans ( Butler, 1876) , comb. n. ( fig. 34 )

Meta vacillans Butler, 1876: 441 (♂, ♀); Butler, 1878: 503, pl. 52, f. 4 (♂, ♀).

Note. The species is known from Rodrigues Island. Although the copulatory organs of this species are not illustrated, figures of the habitus clearly indicate that it belongs to Tetragnatha , and therefore we suggest a new combination.

Figures

Fig.34.Typelocalities of speciesfrom Africaand adjacentislands nowconsidered inMetellinaor eitherdescribed or considered in Meta: 1 — Tetragnatha maculata; 2 — Metellina barreti; 3 — M. minima; 4 — M. villiersi; 5 — M. longipalpis; 6 — M. gertschi; 7 — “Meta” meruensis; 8 — Metellina merianopsis; 9 — M. haddadi sp. n., 10 — Tetragnatha vacillans.