Zygiella

Zygiella is a genus of orb-weaver spiders that can be found globally. They are notable for their webs having a missing sector with it having only a single tread.

In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, Zygiella is referenced by 12 other articles, and connects out to Araneidae, Animalia and Araneae.

Vinony files it under Araneidae, Araneomorphae genera and Commons link from Wikidata.

Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassArachnida
OrderAraneae
FamilyAraneidae

Observations recorded21,222

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 38
With media: 5
Family: Araneidae
Collections: LACM, AM, WCU, ARC-PPRI, EMEC, WAM
Recorded in: United States, Australia, Jamaica, South Africa, French Southern Territories, Montenegro, Sweden, Norway

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Araneidae
Image: Zygiella.atrica.front.6928.jpg

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Commons category: Zygiella
taxon name: Zygiella
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Zygiella
Commons gallery: Zygiella
taxonomic type: Zygiella atrica

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Zygiella is a genus of orb-weaver spiders that can be found globally. They are notable for their webs having a missing sector with it having only a single tread.

It was first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1902. In 2015, Parazygiella was determined to be a taxonomic synonym of Zygiella, and its species were moved to Zygiella.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zygiella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.