Long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (Tetragnathidae) are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1866.
[1] They have elongated bodies, legs, and chelicerae, and build small orb webs with an open hub with few, wide-set radii and spirals with no signal line or retreat.
Some species are often found in long vegetation near water.
[2] As of March 2021[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following extant genera:[3] Several extinct, fossil genera have been described:[4] A few spiders in this family include: