Zilla (spider)

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Zilla
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Zilla diodia female.jpg
Z. diodia in net, female
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Zilla
C. L. Koch, 1834[1]
Type species
Z. diodia
(Walckenaer, 1802)
Species

4, see text

Zilla is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by C. L. Koch in 1834.[2]

Species[]

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

  • Yin, Xie & Bao, 1996 – China
  • Zilla diodia (Walckenaer, 1802) (type) – Europe to Azerbaijan
  • Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2004 – India
  • Hu, 2001 – China

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Zilla C. L. Koch, 1834". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  2. ^ Koch, C. L. (1834), "Arachniden", in Herrich-Schäffer, G. A. W. (ed.), Deutschlands Insecten

External links[]

"Zilla" at the Encyclopedia of Life

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