Gen.
Zygiella F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01582 ]
N.B.: transferred to the Tetragnathidae by Levi, 1980a: 2 and back to the Araneidae by Scharff & Coddington, 1997: 404 (after Coddington, 1990: 17); placed in the Zygiellidae Simon, 1929 by Wunderlich, 2004f: 935 (not accepted by later authors); placed in the Phonognathidae Simon, 1894a: 746 (a senior synonym of Zygiellidae) by Kuntner et al., 2019: 563; for the current familial placement see the note at the family; replacement name for Zygia C. L. Koch, 1834: 123.17-19 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05965], preoccupied in Coleoptera by Fabricius, 1775; considered a senior synonym of Parazygiella Wunderlich, 2004f: 936 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03687] (type Zilla montana C. L. Koch, 1834) by Gregorič et al., 2015a: 241.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2024-02-08
2024-02-08
Described in
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902d: 15 (type Zygia calophylla C. L. Koch, 1834; gender feminine; syn. of Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757))
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902d: 15 (type Zygia calophylla C. L. Koch, 1834; gender feminine; syn. of Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757))
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 11 | accepted |
| 10 | synonym |
| 1 | nomen nudum |
| 1 | nomen dubium |
Reference
Edit history
Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1902d). A revision of the genera of Araneae or spiders with reference to their type species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 9(49): 5-20. doi:10.1080/00222930208678611 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-08 | Genus transferred to other family | Hormiga et al., 2023 | Zygiella F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 transferred to Araneidae |
| 2023-08-08 | Genus transferred to other family | Kuntner et al., 2023 | Zygiella F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 transferred to Phonognathidae |
| 2016-09-20 | Genus synonymy | Gregorič et al., 2015a | Parazygiella synonymized with Zygiella |