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==Systematics== {{Main|List of Tetragnathidae species}} [[File:Opadometa fastigata of Kadavoor.jpg|thumb|''[[Opadometa fastigata]]'' in [[Kerala]]]] [[File:Tetragnatha montana - 2013-06-08.webm|thumb|Mating behaviour of ''[[Tetragnatha montana]]'']] [[File:LogJawed SilverSiders.webm|thumb|thumbtime=141|right|Pair of [[Tetragnatha laboriosa|silver long-jawed orb weaver spider]]s interacting, laying silk and losing the [[cranefly]] they were consuming to [[Formicidae|ant]]s.]] {{as of|2021|03}}, the [[World Spider Catalog]] accepts the following extant genera:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite web| title=Family: Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866| website=World Spider Catalog| access-date=2021-03-06| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/99}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''[[Allende (spider)|Allende]]'' <small>Γlvarez-Padilla, 2007</small> β Chile, Argentina *''[[Antillognatha]]'' <small>Bryant, 1945</small> β Hispaniola *''[[Atelidea]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small> β Sri Lanka *''[[Azilia]]'' <small>Keyserling, 1881</small> β United States, Panama, South America, Caribbean *''[[Chrysometa]]'' <small>Simon, 1894</small> β South America, Central America, Mexico, Caribbean *''[[Cyrtognatha]]'' <small>Keyserling, 1881</small> β South America, Central America, Caribbean, Mexico *''[[Dianleucauge]]'' <small>Song & Zhu, 1994</small> β China *''[[Diphya]]'' <small>Nicolet, 1849</small> β Asia, South America, Africa *''[[Dolichognatha]]'' <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869</small> β Asia, Africa, South America, Oceania, United States, Panama *''[[Doryonychus]]'' <small>Simon, 1900</small> β Hawaii *''[[Dyschiriognatha]]'' <small>Simon, 1893</small> β Indonesia, Brazil, Samoa *''[[Glenognatha]]'' <small>Simon, 1887</small> β Africa, South America, Asia, North America, Central America, Caribbean *''[[Harlanethis]]'' <small>Γlvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020</small> β Australia (Queensland) *''[[Hispanognatha]]'' <small>Bryant, 1945</small> β Hispaniola *''[[Homalometa]]'' <small>Simon, 1898</small> β Central America, Cuba, Mexico, Brazil *''[[Iamarra]]'' <small>Γlvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020</small> β Australia (Queensland) *''[[Leucauge]]'' <small>White, 1841</small> (including ''Opas'') β Africa, North America, Asia, Oceania, South America, Central America, Caribbean *''[[Leucognatha]]'' <small>Wunderlich, 1992</small> β Azores, Kenya, Tanzania *''[[Mesida]]'' <small>KulczyΕski, 1911</small> β Oceania, Asia, Africa *''[[Meta (spider)|Meta]]'' <small>C. L. Koch, 1836</small> β Asia, North America, Tanzania, Oceania, Cuba *''[[Metabus (spider)|Metabus]]'' <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899</small> β Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Dominican Republic *''[[Metellina]]'' <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941</small> β Africa, Asia, Canada *''[[Metleucauge]]'' <small>Levi, 1980</small> β Asia, United States *''[[Mitoscelis]]'' <small>Thorell, 1890</small> β Indonesia *''[[Mollemeta]]'' <small>Γlvarez-Padilla, 2007</small> β Chile *''[[Nanningia]]'' <small>Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997</small> *''[[Nanometa]]'' <small>Simon, 1908</small> β Australia *''[[Neoprolochus]]'' <small>Reimoser, 1927</small> β Indonesia *''[[Okileucauge]]'' <small>Tanikawa, 2001</small> β China, Japan *''[[Orsinome]]'' <small>Thorell, 1890</small> β Asia, Oceania, Madagascar *''[[Pachygnatha]]'' <small>Sundevall, 1823</small> β Africa, Asia, North America, Cuba, Europe *''[[Parameta]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small> β Ethiopia, Somalia, Sierra Leone *''[[Parazilia]]'' <small>Lessert, 1938</small> β Congo *''[[Pholcipes]]'' <small>Schmidt & Krause, 1993</small> β Comoros *''[[Pickardinella]]'' <small>Archer, 1951</small> β Mexico *''[[Pinkfloydia]]'' <small>Dimitrov & Hormiga, 2011</small> β Australia *''[[Sancus (spider)|Sancus]]'' <small>Tullgren, 1910</small> β Kenya, Tanzania *''[[Schenkeliella]]'' <small>Strand, 1934</small> β Sri Lanka *''[[Taraire]]'' <small>Γlvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020</small> β New Zealand *''[[Tawhai]]'' <small>Γlvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020</small> β New Zealand *''[[Tetragnatha]]'' <small>Latreille, 1804</small> β Asia, South America, Oceania, Africa, North America, Caribbean, Central America, Europe *''[[Timonoe]]'' <small>Thorell, 1898</small> β Myanmar *''[[Tylorida]]'' <small>Simon, 1894</small> β Asia, Africa, Oceania *''[[Wolongia]]'' <small>Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997</small> β China *''[[Zhinu (spider)|Zhinu]]'' <small>Kallal & Hormiga, 2018</small> β Taiwan, Korea, Japan *''[[Zygiometella]]'' <small>Wunderlich, 1995</small> β Israel {{div col end}} ===Fossil genera=== Several extinct, fossil genera have been described:<ref name=dunlop2018>Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2018. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch, version 19.0, accessed on 7 October 2018.</ref> {{div col|colwidth=30em|small=yes}} * β ''[[Anameta]]'' <small>Wunderlich, 2004</small> ([[Palaeogene]], [[Bitterfield amber|Bitterfield]] and [[Baltic amber]]) * β ''[[Balticgnatha]]'' <small>Wunderlich, 2004</small> (Palaeogene, Baltic amber) * β ''[[Corneometa]]'' <small>Wunderlich, 2004</small> (Palaeogene, Baltic amber) * β ''[[Eometa]]'' <small>Petrunkevitch, 1958</small> (Palaeogene, Baltic amber) * β ''[[Huergnina]]'' <small>Selden & Penney, 2003</small> ([[Cretaceous]], [[La HuΓ©rguina Formation|Las Hoyas, Spain]]) * β ''[[Macryphantes]]'' <small>Selden, 1990</small> (Cretaceous) * β ''[[Palaeometa]]'' <small>Petrunkevitch, 1922</small> (Palaeogene, [[Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument|Florissant]]) * β ''[[Palaeopachygnatha]]'' <small>Petrunkevitch, 1922</small> (Palaeogene, Florissant) * β ''[[Priscometa]]'' <small>Petrunkevitch, 1958</small> (Palaeogene, Baltic amber) * β ''[[Samlandicmeta]]'' <small>Wunderlich, 2012</small> (Palaeogene, Baltic amber) {{div col end}} ===Formerly placed here=== * ''[[Deliochus]]'' <small>Simon, 1894</small> β now in [[Araneidae]] * ''Eryciniolia'' <small>Strand, 1912</small> β now a synonym of ''[[Nanometa]]'' * ''Menosira'' <small>Chikuni, 1955</small> β now a synonym of ''[[Metellina]]'' * ''Nediphya'' <small>Marusik & Omelko, 2017</small> β now a synonym of ''[[Nanometa]]'' * ''[[Phonognatha]]'' <small>Simon, 1894</small> β now in Araneidae * ''Prolochus'' <small>Thorell, 1895</small> β see ''[[Dolichognatha]]''
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