Metellina villiersi ( Denis, 1955 ), 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

Metellina villiersi ( Denis, 1955) , comb. n. ( fig. 34 )

Meta villiersi Denis, 1955: 1031 , f. 8‒10 (♂, ♀).

Note. This species is known by a single taxonomic entry. It was well illustrated and known from 7 female and 3 male syntypes from Guinea. The figure of the male palp indicates its belonging to Metellina .

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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.