genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
s in the family
Uloboridae
Uloboridae is a family of non-venomous spiders, known as cribellate orb weavers or hackled orb weavers. Their lack of venom glands is a secondarily evolved trait. Instead, they wrap their prey thoroughly in silk, cover it in regurgitated digestive ...
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Species
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World Spider Catalog
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of ...
accepted 5 species:
*'' Zosis costalimae'' (Mello-Leitão, 1917) – Brazil
*'' Zosis geniculata'' (Olivier, 1789) – Southern USA to Brazil, Caribbean. Introduced to Macaronesia, West Africa, Seychelles, India, Indonesia, Philippines, China, Korea, Japan, Australia, Hawaii
**'' Zosis geniculata fusca'' (Caporiacco, 1948) – Guyana
**'' Zosis geniculata timorensis'' (Schenkel, 1944) – Timor
*'' Zosis peruana'' (Keyserling, 1881) – Colombia to Argentina