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Hacklemesh weaver

Metaltella simoni (Keyserling, 1878)

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The hacklemesh weaver (Metaltella simoni) is a species in the family Desidae, order Araneae. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Argentina.

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Quick facts about the hacklemesh weaver

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the hacklemesh weaver live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The hacklemesh weaver is listed for 1 country.

Argentina
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Argentina

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the hacklemesh weaver as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Canada
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the hacklemesh weaver endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the hacklemesh weaver classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyDesidae
  6. genusMetaltella
  7. SpeciesMetaltella simoni (Keyserling, 1878)

Synonyms Metaltella biseriata, Metaltella crispa

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • South American toothed Hacklemesh weaverEnglish
  • Araña tejedora sudamericanaSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the hacklemesh weaver

Other species in the same genus Metaltella.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the hacklemesh weaver live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the hacklemesh weaver for 1 country: Argentina. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the hacklemesh weaver an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the hacklemesh weaver as introduced in 2 countries: Canada and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the hacklemesh weaver?

The hacklemesh weaver (Metaltella simoni) belongs to the family Desidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Hacklemesh weaver (Metaltella simoni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hacklemesh-weaver

MLA

“Hacklemesh weaver (Metaltella simoni).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/hacklemesh-weaver.

BibTeX
@misc{hacklemesh_weaver_2026,
  title = {Hacklemesh weaver (Metaltella simoni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hacklemesh-weaver},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}