Tetragnathidae: Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804

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Opisthosoma tail-like elongated, reaching beyond spinnerets; colouration uniformly light yellow; tip of conductor, male chelicerae and epigyne as figs.

Tetragnatha reimoseri (Roșca, 1939)

- Opisthosoma not tail-like elongated, body not unicoloured

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Sternum uniformly dark, almost black or yellowish brown

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- Sternum medially with yellow longitudinal stripe

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Body length of males 6-9 mm, females 11-12 mm; male chelicerae very long, divergent; pedipalp and vulva as figs.

Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Body length of males 4.5-5.0 mm, females 5.0-6 mm; pedipalp and epigyne as figs.

Tetragnatha pinicola L. Koch, 1870

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Dorsal tooth on male chelicerae ± as long as width at its base; epigynal plate ± as long as wide; receptaculum seminis small and club-shaped

Tetragnatha striata L. Koch, 1862

- Dorsal tooth on male chelicerae considerably longer than width at its base; epigynal plate always wider than long

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Lateral process of paracymbium mostly hook-shaped; next to dorsal tooth on male chelicerae a small round tubercle; posterior margin of epigynal plate straight or convex

Tetragnatha montana Simon, 1874

- Lateral process of paracymbium rounded; posterior epigynal margin concave

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Tip of conductor spoon-shaped; male and female chelicerae basally with distinct tubercle; lateral epigynal margins almost parallel; receptacula seminis ± equal in size

Tetragnatha nigrita Lendl, 1886

- Tip of conductor hook-shaped; epigynal plate almost trapezoid

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Body length of males 4.0-5.5 mm, females 4.5-6.5 mm; opisthosoma with bulged anterior part; male chelicerae, pedipalp and vulva as figs.

Tetragnatha obtusa C. L. Koch, 1837

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Body length of males 6.0-7.5 mm, females 8-10 mm; opisthosoma not conspicuously bulged anteriorly; male chelicerae, pedipalp and epigyne as figs.

Tetragnatha dearmata Thorell, 1873

Further taxa

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1. Tetragnatha bogotensis Keyserling, 1865

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2. Tetragnatha chrysochlora (Audouin, 1826)

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3. Tetragnatha corsica Simon, 1929

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4. Tetragnatha demissa L. Koch, 1872

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5. Tetragnatha extensa brachygnatha Thorell, 1873

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6. Tetragnatha extensa pulchra Kulczyński, 1891

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7. Tetragnatha flava (Audouin, 1826)

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8. Tetragnatha intermedia Kulczyński, 1891

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9. Tetragnatha isidis (Simon, 1880)

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10. Tetragnatha nitens (Audouin, 1826)

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11. Tetragnatha shoshone Levi, 1981

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12. Tetragnatha zangherii (Caporiacco, 1926)