Nanometa

Nanometa is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers containing the fifteen species. It was erected by Eugène Louis Simon based on the type specimen of Nanometa gentilis found in 1908. It is included in a clade of its own defined by nine morphological synapomorphies, along with the genus Orsinome.

==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus : Nanometa dimitrovi Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Queensland) Nanometa dutrorum Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Tasmania) Nanometa fea Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Papua New Guinea Nanometa forsteri Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — New Zealand Nanometa gentilis Simon, 1908 (type) — Australia (Western Australia) Nanometa hippai (Marusik & Omelko, 2017) — Papua New Guinea Nanometa lagenifera (Urquhart, 1888) — New Zealand Nanometa lehtineni (Marusik & Omelko, 2017) — Papua New Guinea Nanometa lyleae (Marusik & Omelko, 2017) — Papua New Guinea Nanometa padillai (Marusik & Omelko, 2017) — Papua New Guinea Nanometa purpurapunctata (Urquhart, 1889) — New Zealand Nanometa sarasini (Berland, 1924) — New Caledonia Nanometa tasmaniensis Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Tasmania) Nanometa tetracaena Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania) Nanometa trivittata (Keyserling, 1887) — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)