title: Nanometa
text: # Nanometa
  
  Nanometa is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers containing the fifteen species. It was erected by Eugène Louis Simon based on the type specimen of Nanometa gentilis found in 1908. It is included in a clade of its own defined by nine morphological synapomorphies, along with the genus Orsinome.
  
  ## Species
  
  The following species are recognised in the genus :
  
  * Nanometa dimitrovi Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Queensland)
  * Nanometa dutrorum Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Tasmania)
  * Nanometa fea Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Papua New Guinea
  * Nanometa forsteri Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — New Zealand
  * Nanometa gentilis Simon, 1908 (type) — Australia (Western Australia)
  * Nanometa hippai (Marusik & Omelko, 2017) — Papua New Guinea
  * Nanometa lagenifera (Urquhart, 1888) — New Zealand
  * Nanometa lehtineni (Marusik & Omelko, 2017) — Papua New Guinea
  * Nanometa lyleae (Marusik & Omelko, 2017) — Papua New Guinea
  * Nanometa padillai (Marusik & Omelko, 2017) — Papua New Guinea
  * Nanometa purpurapunctata (Urquhart, 1889) — New Zealand
  * Nanometa sarasini (Berland, 1924) — New Caledonia
  * Nanometa tasmaniensis Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Tasmania)
  * Nanometa tetracaena Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 — Australia (Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania)
  * Nanometa trivittata (Keyserling, 1887) — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
  