Metazygia

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Metazygia
Metazygia zilloides.jpg
Metazygia zilloides
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Metazygia
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904[1]
Type species
M. wittfeldae
(McCook, 1894)
Species

90, see text

Metazygia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1904.[2] They physically resemble members of Nuctenea, but they do not have fine setae on the carapace.[3][4]

Species[]

As of April 2019 it contains ninety species:[1]

  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Peru
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Bahama Is.
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Panama, Colombia
  • Levi, 1995 – Bolivia
  • (Walckenaer, 1841) – USA
  • Levi, 1995 – Colombia
  • (Archer, 1951) – USA
  • Levi, 1995 – Guatemala
  • (Simon, 1895) – Peru, Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Guyana
  • Levi, 1995 – Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Jamaica
  • Levi, 1995 – Hispaniola
  • Levi, 1995 – Colombia
  • Levi, 1995 – Bolivia, Brazil
  • Strand, 1916 – Brazil
  • (Banks, 1903) – Greater Antilles, Virgin Is.
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • (Keyserling, 1864) – Costa Rica, Cuba to Galapagos Is., Peru, Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil, Bolivia
  • Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Venezuela
  • (Keyserling, 1883) – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Peru
  • (Keyserling, 1892) – Brazil, Dominican Republic (Hispaniola)
  • Levi, 1995 – French Guiana, Brazil
  • (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Nicaragua, Caribbean to Argentina
  • Levi, 1995 – Guyana
  • (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Belize to Panama
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil, Suriname
  • Banks, 1929 – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Trinidad
  • Levi, 1995 – Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
  • (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Guatemala to Bolivia, Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Venezuela
  • Santos, 2003 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Peru, Brazil, Argentina
  • Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Bolivia
  • Levi, 1995 – Peru, French Guiana
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Cuba
  • Levi, 1995 – Ecuador, Peru
  • (Strand, 1916) – Brazil
  • (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904) – Mexico to Panama
  • Levi, 1995 – Ecuador
  • Levi, 1995 – Panama to Peru
  • Levi, 1995 – Ecuador
  • (Keyserling, 1864) – Mexico to Peru
  • Levi, 1995 – Venezuela, Peru
  • Levi, 1995 – Peru
  • Levi, 1995 – Peru, Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Venezuela, Peru
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • (Keyserling, 1878) – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Colombia
  • Levi, 1995 – Peru
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
  • Levi, 1995 – Costa Rica
  • (Bryant, 1942) – Puerto Rico
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Mexico
  • Levi, 1995 – Guyana, French Guiana
  • Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Peru, French Guiana
  • Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Peru, Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Peru, Brazil
  • Levi, 1995 – Guatemala
  • (Keyserling, 1892) – Brazil
  • (Keyserling, 1892) – Colombia to Argentina
  • Levi, 1995 – Brazil
  • M. wittfeldae (McCook, 1894) – USA to Costa Rica
  • Levi, 1995 – Colombia to Guyana, Bolivia
  • Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana
  • M. zilloides (Banks, 1898) – USA, Caribbean to Honduras

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Metazygia F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1904), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology
  3. ^ Levi, Herbert W. (1977). "The American orb-weaver genera Cyclosa, Metazygia, and Eustala north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. 148 (3): 61–127 [90].
  4. ^ "Genus Metazygia". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-05-14.


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