Family: Uloboridae Thorell, 1869 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0098] Back
Gen.
Zosis Walckenaer, 1841 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03372 ]
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Uloborus Latreille, 1806 by Lehtinen, 1967: 277, rejecting Simon, 1892a: 214; considered a senior synonym of Orithya Blackwall, 1858b: 331 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04851] (type O. williamsi Blackwall, 1858 = Zosis geniculata (Olivier, 1789)) by Simon, 1892a: 214 (sub Uloborus), confirmed by Lehtinen, 1967: 277.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2024-12-22
2024-12-22
Described in
Walckenaer, 1841: 231 (type Zosis caraibe Walckenaer, 1841; gender feminine (per Bonnet, 1959: 4996); syn. of Zosis geniculata (Olivier, 1789))
Walckenaer, 1841: 231 (type Zosis caraibe Walckenaer, 1841; gender feminine (per Bonnet, 1959: 4996); syn. of Zosis geniculata (Olivier, 1789))
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 5 | accepted |
| 15 | synonym |
| 1 | nomen dubium |
Reference
Edit history
Walckenaer, C. A. (1841). Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Tome deuxième. Roret, Paris, 549 pp., pl. 16-22. [not published in 1837, see pp. 430, 452, 505; plates in second pdf of Walckenaer, 1837] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61095 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-23 | Genus synonymy | Simon, 1892a | Orithya synonymized with Zosis |