Metellina is a genus of tetragnathid spiders that occurs mostly in Eurasia, with two species found in North America. M. segmentata was introduced to Canada.

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Metellina
Metellina mengei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Metellina Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941[1]
Type species
Pachygnatha curtisi McCook, 1894
Species
See text.
Diversity[1]
15 species
Synonyms[1]
Menosira Chikuni, 1955

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Some researchers consider this genus to belong to a distinct family, the Metidae.

M. segmentata is probably the most abundant orb-weaving spider of Germany.^[2]

The genus name is an alteration of the related genus Meta.

As of September 2018^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following extant species:^[1]

• Metellina barreti (Kulczyński, 1899) – Madeira
• Metellina curtisi (McCook, 1894) (type species) – North America
• Metellina gertschi (Lessert, 1938) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Metellina haddadi Marusik & Larsen, 2018 – South Africa
• Metellina kirgisica (Bakhvalov, 1974) – Azerbaijan, Central Asia, China
• Metellina longipalpis (Pavesi, 1883) – Ethiopia
• Metellina mengei (Blackwall, 1869) – Europe to Caucasus, Iran, Russia (Europe to Altai)
• Metellina merianae (Scopoli, 1763) – Europe, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Russia (Europe to Central Asia)
• Metellina merianopsis (Tullgren, 1910) – Tanzania
• Metellina mimetoides Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 – North America
• Metellina minima (Denis, 1953) – Canary Islands
• Metellina orientalis (Spassky, 1932) – Turkey, Armenia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
• Metellina ornata (Chikuni, 1955) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
• Metellina segmentata (Clerck, 1757) – Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia, China, Japan; introduced to Canada
• Metellina villiersi (Denis, 1955) – Guinea