Metepeira

Metepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1903. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek μετά and the obsolete genus name Epeira, denoting a genus similar to Epeira.

Species
it contains forty-four species found from Argentina to Canada, including Caribbean islands:
 * Metepeira arizonica Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico
 * Metepeira atascadero Piel, 2001 – Mexico
 * Metepeira bengryi (Archer, 1958) – Jamaica
 * Metepeira brunneiceps Caporiacco, 1954 – French Guiana
 * Metepeira cajabamba Piel, 2001 – Ecuador, Peru
 * Metepeira calamuchita Piel, 2001 – Argentina
 * Metepeira celestun Piel, 2001 – Mexico
 * Metepeira chilapae Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Mexico
 * Metepeira comanche Levi, 1977 – USA, Mexico
 * Metepeira compsa (Chamberlin, 1916) – Puerto Rico to Argentina
 * Metepeira crassipes Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico
 * Metepeira datona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Greater Antilles
 * Metepeira desenderi Baert, 1987 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
 * Metepeira foxi Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 – USA, Canada
 * Metepeira galatheae (Thorell, 1891) – Chile, Argentina
 * Metepeira glomerabilis (Keyserling, 1892) – Colombia to Paraguay, Brazil
 * Metepeira gosoga Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 – USA, Mexico
 * Metepeira grandiosa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 – North America
 * Metepeira gressa (Keyserling, 1892) – Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
 * Metepeira inca Piel, 2001 – Peru
 * Metepeira incrassata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – Mexico
 * Metepeira jamaicensis Archer, 1958 – Hispaniola, Jamaica, Grand Cayman Is.
 * Metepeira karkii (Tullgren, 1901) – Chile, Argentina
 * Metepeira labyrinthea (Hentz, 1847) – North America
 * Metepeira lacandon Piel, 2001 – Mexico
 * Metepeira lima Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – Peru
 * Metepeira maya Piel, 2001 – Mexico to Costa Rica
 * Metepeira minima Gertsch, 1936 – USA to Honduras
 * Metepeira nigriventris (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru, Bolivia
 * Metepeira olmec Piel, 2001 – Mexico to Panama
 * Metepeira pacifica Piel, 2001 – Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
 * Metepeira palustris Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Canada
 * Metepeira petatlan Piel, 2001 – Mexico
 * Metepeira pimungan Piel, 2001 – USA
 * Metepeira rectangula (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina
 * Metepeira revillagigedo Piel, 2001 – Mexico
 * Metepeira roraima Piel, 2001 – Colombia, Brazil, Guyana
 * Metepeira spinipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – USA, Mexico
 * Metepeira tarapaca Piel, 2001 – Peru, Chile
 * Metepeira triangularis (Franganillo, 1930) – Cuba, Hispaniola
 * Metepeira uncata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – Guatemala to Costa Rica
 * Metepeira ventura Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – USA, Mexico
 * Metepeira vigilax (Keyserling, 1893) – Hispaniola, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina
 * Metepeira ypsilonota Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Brazil