Zygiella
Zygiella is a genus 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.
Identification
Zygiella species are distinguished by the structure of the web, which has a missing sector containing a signaling thread leading to a retreat. Zygiella x-notata, a species in the Zygiella genus, is well-researched for its missing-sector web construction behaviors.Species
it contains eleven species:- Zygiella atrica – Europe. Introduced to USA, Canada
- Zygiella calyptrata – China, Myanmar, Malaysia
- Zygiella carpenteri Archer, 1951 – USA
- Zygiella dispar – North America, Russia, Japan
- Zygiella hiramatsui Tanikawa, 2017 – Japan
- Zygiella keyserlingi – Southern Europe, Ukraine, Turkey
- Zygiella kirgisica Bakhvalov, 1974 – Kyrgyzstan
- Zygiella minima Schmidt |Schmidt], 1968 – Canary Is., Madeira
- Zygiella montana – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Uzbekistan
- Zygiella nearctica Gertsch, 1964 – Canada, USA
- Zygiella x-notata – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran? Introduced to North America, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, China, Japan, Réunion