Metellina mengei is a spider of the family Tetragnathidae that is found in Europe up to Georgia. It was once considered a form of M. segmentata that occurs in spring. M. mengei is much rarer than M. segmentata.[1]
^Bellmann, H. (1997). Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas. Kosmos.
Metellinamengei is a spider of the family Tetragnathidae that is found in Europe up to Georgia. It was once considered a form of M. segmentata that occurs...
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on New Guinea spiders. Within taxonomy, he helped show that Metellinamengei and Metellina segmentata were in fact distinct species and not merely varieties...