Metleucauge is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1980.
Species it contains eight species, found in Asia and the United States: Metleucauge chikunii Tanikawa, 1992 – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan Metleucauge davidi (Schenkel, 1963) – China, Taiwan Metleucauge dentipalpis (Kroneberg, 1875) – Central Asia Metleucauge eldorado Levi, 1980 (type) – USA Metleucauge kompirensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan Metleucauge minuta Yin, 2012 – China Metleucauge yaginumai Tanikawa, 1992 – Japan Metleucauge yunohamensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
In synonymy: M. sinensis (Schenkel, 1953) = Metleucauge yunohamensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) M. vena (Dönitz & Strand, 1906) = Metleucauge kompirensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
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