Homalometa

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range| Neogene| Present}}

| taxon = Homalometa

| authority = Simon, 1898

| type_species = H. nigritarsis

| type_species_authority = Simon, 1898

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{Specieslist

| H. chiriqui|Levi, 1986 – Costa Rica, Panama

| H. nigritarsis|Simon, 1898 – Cuba, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Panama

| H. nossa|Levi, 1986 – Brazil}}

}}

Homalometa is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.{{cite journal| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1898| title=On the spiders of the island of St Vincent. III| journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London| pages=860–890| volume=65| doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1898.tb01390.x| author-link=Eugène_Simon}} {{as of|2019|10}} it contains three species, found in the Caribbean, Panama, Costa Rica, Brazil, and Mexico: H. chiriqui, H. nigritarsis, and H. nossa.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Homalometa Simon, 1898| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-11-16| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3285| doi=10.24436/2}}