Metepeira

Metepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1903. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek μετά and the obsolete genus name Epeira, denoting a genus similar to Epeira.

==Species== it contains forty-four species found from Argentina to Canada, including Caribbean islands: Metepeira arizonica Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico Metepeira atascadero Piel, 2001 – Mexico Metepeira bengryi (Archer, 1958) – Jamaica Metepeira brunneiceps Caporiacco, 1954 – French Guiana Metepeira cajabamba Piel, 2001 – Ecuador, Peru Metepeira calamuchita Piel, 2001 – Argentina Metepeira celestun Piel, 2001 – Mexico Metepeira chilapae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Mexico Metepeira comanche Levi, 1977 – USA, Mexico Metepeira compsa (Chamberlin, 1916) – Puerto Rico to Argentina Metepeira crassipes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico Metepeira datona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Greater Antilles Metepeira desenderi Baert, 1987 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) Metepeira foxi Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 – USA, Canada Metepeira galatheae (Thorell, 1891) – Chile, Argentina Metepeira glomerabilis (Keyserling, 1892) – Colombia to Paraguay, Brazil Metepeira gosoga Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 – USA, Mexico Metepeira grandiosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 – North America Metepeira gressa (Keyserling, 1892) – Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina Metepeira inca Piel, 2001 – Peru Metepeira incrassata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – Mexico Metepeira jamaicensis Archer, 1958 – Hispaniola, Jamaica, Grand Cayman Is. Metepeira karkii (Tullgren, 1901) – Chile, Argentina Metepeira labyrinthea (Hentz, 1847) – North America Metepeira lacandon Piel, 2001 – Mexico Metepeira lima Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – Peru Metepeira maya Piel, 2001 – Mexico to Costa Rica Metepeira minima Gertsch, 1936 – USA to Honduras Metepeira nigriventris (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru, Bolivia Metepeira olmec Piel, 2001 – Mexico to Panama Metepeira pacifica Piel, 2001 – Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica Metepeira palustris Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada Metepeira petatlan Piel, 2001 – Mexico Metepeira pimungan Piel, 2001 – USA Metepeira rectangula (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina Metepeira revillagigedo Piel, 2001 – Mexico Metepeira roraima Piel, 2001 – Colombia, Brazil, Guyana Metepeira spinipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – USA, Mexico Metepeira tarapaca Piel, 2001 – Peru, Chile Metepeira triangularis (Franganillo, 1930) – Cuba, Hispaniola Metepeira uncata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – Guatemala to Costa Rica Metepeira ventura Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico Metepeira vigilax (Keyserling, 1893) – Hispaniola, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina Metepeira ypsilonota Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Brazil