Metellina minima ( Denis, 1953 ), 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 : 211

Metellina minima ( Denis, 1953) , comb. n. ( fig. 34 )

Meta obscura minima Denis, 1953: 6 , f. 4 ( ♀).

Meta minima: Denis, 1962: 82 (elevated from subspecies); Wunderlich, 1992: 363, f. 330–332 (♂, ♀).

Note. The species was described from the Canary Islands. Wunderlich (2008) already doubted that its belonging to Meta and presumed that it could be a member of Metellina . The shape of the male palp and epigyne, as well as the size (smaller than Meta s. str.), indicate that it belongs to Metellina , and therefore we suggest a new combination.

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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.