Meta (spider)

Meta is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1835. They are often associated with caves, caverns, and recesses, earning some of them the name "cave orbweavers"

Species
it contains twenty-six species, found worldwide:
 * Meta abdomenalis Patel & Reddy, 1993 – India
 * Meta birmanica Thorell, 1898 – Myanmar
 * Meta bourneti Simon, 1922 – Europe, Georgia, North Africa
 * Meta dolloff Levi, 1980 – USA
 * Meta hamata Wang, Zhou, Irfan, Yang & Peng, 2020 — China
 * Meta japonica Tanikawa, 1993 – Japan
 * Meta longlingensis Wang, Zhou, Irfan, Yang & Peng, 2020 — China
 * Meta manchurica Marusik & Koponen, 1992 – Russia (Far East), Korea
 * Meta menardi (Latreille, 1804) (type) – Europe, Turkey, Iran
 * Meta meruensis Tullgren, 1910 – Tanzania
 * Meta mixta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – China (Yarkand)
 * Meta monogrammata Butler, 1876 – Australia (Queensland)
 * Meta montana Hogg, 1919 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
 * Meta nebulosa Schenkel, 1936 – China
 * Meta nigridorsalis Tanikawa, 1994 – China, Japan
 * Meta obscura Kulczyński, 1899 – Canary Is., Madeira
 * Meta ovalis (Gertsch, 1933) – USA, Canada
 * Meta qianshanensis Zhu & Zhu, 1983 – China
 * Meta serrana Franganillo, 1930 – Cuba
 * Meta shenae Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 – China
 * Meta simlaensis Tikader, 1982 – India
 * Meta stridulans Wunderlich, 1987 – Madeira
 * Meta tangi >Wang, Zhou, Irfan, Yang & Peng, 2020 — China
 * Meta turbatrix Keyserling, 1887 – Australia (New South Wales)
 * Meta yani >Wang, Zhou, Irfan, Yang & Peng, 2020 — China
 * Meta tangi >Wang, Zhou, Irfan, Yang & Peng, 2020 — China

Synonyms
Synonyms include:
 * Meta americana Marusik & Koponen, 1992 = Meta ovalis (Gertsch, 1933)
 * Meta milleri Kratochvíl, 1942 = Meta bourneti Simon, 1922

Dubious names
Nomina dubia (dubious names) include:
 * Meta nigra Franganillo, 1920