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{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Nanometa lagenifera.jpg
| image_caption = ''Nanometa lagenifera''
| taxon = Nanometa
| authority = [[Eugène Simon|Simon]], 1908
| synonyms =
* ''Eryciniolia'' <small>Strand, 1912</small>
* ''Nediphya'' <small>Marusik & Omelko, 2017</small>
}}
'''''Nanometa''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Tetragnathidae|long-jawed orb-weavers]] containing the fifteen species. It was erected by [[Eugène Simon|Eugène Louis Simon]] based on the type specimen of ''Nanometa gentilis'' found in 1908.<ref name=Simo1908>{{citation| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1908| contribution=Araneae. 1re partie| editor-last1=Michaelsen| editor-last2=Hartmeyer| title=Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena| volume=1| issue=12| author-link=Eugène_Simon}}</ref><ref name=NMBE>{{cite web| title=Gen. Nanometa Simon, 1908| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-12-01| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3297| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref> It is included in a clade of its own defined by nine [[Morphology (biology)|morphological]] [[Synapomorphy and apomorphy|synapomorphies]], along with the genus ''[[Orsinome]]''.<ref name=Álva2011>{{cite journal| last=Álvarez-Padilla| first=F.| last2=Hormiga| first2=G.| year=2011| title=Morphological and phylogenetic atlas of the orb-weaving spider family Tetragnathidae (Araneae: Araneoidea)| journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society| volume=162| page=139}}</ref>
==Species==
The following species are recognised in the genus :
* ''[[Nanometa dimitrovi]]'' <small>Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020</small>  — Australia (Queensland)
* ''[[Nanometa dutrorum]]'' <small>Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020</small>  — Australia (Tasmania)
* ''[[Nanometa fea]]'' <small>Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020</small>  — Papua New Guinea
* ''[[Nanometa forsteri]]'' <small>Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020</small>  — New Zealand
* ''[[Nanometa gentilis]]'' <small>Simon, 1908</small> ([[Type species|type]]) — Australia (Western Australia)
* ''[[Nanometa hippai]]'' <small>(Marusik & Omelko, 2017)</small>  — Papua New Guinea
* ''[[Nanometa lagenifera]]'' <small>(Urquhart, 1888)</small>  — New Zealand
* ''[[Nanometa lehtineni]]'' <small>(Marusik & Omelko, 2017)</small>  — Papua New Guinea
* ''[[Nanometa lyleae]]'' <small>(Marusik & Omelko, 2017)</small>  — Papua New Guinea
* ''[[Nanometa padillai]]'' <small>(Marusik & Omelko, 2017)</small>  — Papua New Guinea
* ''[[Nanometa purpurapunctata]]'' <small>(Urquhart, 1889)</small>  — New Zealand
* ''[[Nanometa sarasini]]'' <small>(Berland, 1924)</small>  — New Caledonia
* ''[[Nanometa tasmaniensis]]'' <small>Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020</small>  — Australia (Tasmania)
* ''[[Nanometa tetracaena]]'' <small>Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020</small>  — Australia (Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania)
* ''[[Nanometa trivittata]]'' <small>(Keyserling, 1887)</small>  — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
==See also==
* [[List of Tetragnathidae species]]
*''[[Orsinome]]''
==References==
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[[Category:Spiders of Australia]]
[[Category:Tetragnathidae]]
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