''Zygiella'' is a
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of
orb-weaver spiders 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''.
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Identification
''Zygiella'' species are distinguished by the structure of the web, which has a missing sector containing a signaling thread leading to a retreat.
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Zygiella x-notata
''Zygiella x-notata'', sometimes known as the missing sector orb weaver or the silver-sided sector spider,Factsheet 6: Missing-sector Orbweaver (Zygiella x-notata)', British Arachnological Society, 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016 is a spider sp ...
'', a species in the ''Zygiella'' genus, is well-researched for its missing-sector web construction behaviors.
Zygiella x-notata
''Zygiella x-notata'', sometimes known as the missing sector orb weaver or the silver-sided sector spider,Factsheet 6: Missing-sector Orbweaver (Zygiella x-notata)', British Arachnological Society, 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016 is a spider sp ...
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Species
it contains eleven species:
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Zygiella atrica''
(C. L. Koch, 1845) (
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) – Europe. Introduced to USA, Canada
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Zygiella calyptrata''
(Workman & Workman, 1894) – China, Myanmar, Malaysia
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Zygiella carpenteri''
Archer, 1951 – USA
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Zygiella dispar''
( Kulczyński, 1885) – North America, Russia (Far East), Japan
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Zygiella hiramatsui''
Tanikawa, 2017 – Japan
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Zygiella keyserlingi''
( Ausserer, 1871) – Southern Europe, Ukraine, Turkey
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Zygiella kirgisica''
Bakhvalov, 1974 – Kyrgyzstan
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Zygiella minima''
Schmidt
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, 1968 – Canary Is., Madeira
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Zygiella montana''
(C. L. Koch, 1834) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia), Uzbekistan
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Zygiella nearctica''
Gertsch
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Gertsch was born ...
, 1964 – Canada, USA
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Zygiella x-notata
''Zygiella x-notata'', sometimes known as the missing sector orb weaver or the silver-sided sector spider,Factsheet 6: Missing-sector Orbweaver (Zygiella x-notata)', British Arachnological Society, 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016 is a spider sp ...
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(Clerck
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, 1757) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran? Introduced to North America, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, China, Japan, Réunion
References
Araneidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of North America
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