Metazygia
| Metazygia | |
|---|---|
 
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| Metazygia zilloides | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata | 
| Class: | Arachnida | 
| Order: | Araneae | 
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae | 
| Family: | Araneidae | 
| Genus: | F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904[1]  | 
| Type species | |
| M. wittfeldae (McCook, 1894) 
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| Species | |
| 
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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]
- M. adisi Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. aldela Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. amalla Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. arnoi Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. atalaya Levi, 1995 – Peru
 - M. atama Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. bahama Levi, 1995 – Bahama Is.
 - M. bahia Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. barueri Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. benella Levi, 1995 – Panama, Colombia
 - M. bolivia Levi, 1995 – Bolivia
 - M. calix (Walckenaer, 1841) – USA
 - M. carimagua Levi, 1995 – Colombia
 - M. carolinalis (Archer, 1951) – USA
 - M. carrizal Levi, 1995 – Guatemala
 - M. castaneoscutata (Simon, 1895) – Peru, Brazil
 - M. cazeaca Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. chenevo Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Guyana
 - M. chicanna Levi, 1995 – Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Jamaica
 - M. cienaga Levi, 1995 – Hispaniola
 - M. corima Levi, 1995 – Colombia
 - M. corumba Levi, 1995 – Bolivia, Brazil
 - M. crabroniphila Strand, 1916 – Brazil
 - M. crewi (Banks, 1903) – Greater Antilles, Virgin Is.
 - M. cunha Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. curari Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. dubia (Keyserling, 1864) – Costa Rica, Cuba to Galapagos Is., Peru, Brazil
 - M. ducke Levi, 1995 – Brazil, Bolivia
 - M. enabla Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Venezuela
 - M. erratica (Keyserling, 1883) – Brazil
 - M. floresta Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. genaro Levi, 1995 – Peru
 - M. genialis (Keyserling, 1892) – Brazil, Dominican Republic (Hispaniola)
 - M. goeldii Levi, 1995 – French Guiana, Brazil
 - M. gregalis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Nicaragua, Caribbean to Argentina
 - M. ikuruwa Levi, 1995 – Guyana
 - M. incerta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Belize to Panama
 - M. ipago Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. ipanga Levi, 1995 – Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina
 - M. isabelae Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. ituari Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. jamari Levi, 1995 – Brazil, Suriname
 - M. keyserlingi Banks, 1929 – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Trinidad
 - M. lagiana Levi, 1995 – Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
 - M. laticeps (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Guatemala to Bolivia, Brazil
 - M. lazepa Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Venezuela
 - M. levii Santos, 2003 – Brazil
 - M. limonal Levi, 1995 – Peru, Brazil, Argentina
 - M. lopez Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
 - M. loque Levi, 1995 – Bolivia
 - M. manu Levi, 1995 – Peru, French Guiana
 - M. mariahelenae Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. matanzas Levi, 1995 – Cuba
 - M. moldira Levi, 1995 – Ecuador, Peru
 - M. mundulella (Strand, 1916) – Brazil
 - M. nigrocincta (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904) – Mexico to Panama
 - M. nobas Levi, 1995 – Ecuador
 - M. octama Levi, 1995 – Panama to Peru
 - M. oro Levi, 1995 – Ecuador
 - M. pallidula (Keyserling, 1864) – Mexico to Peru
 - M. paquisha Levi, 1995 – Venezuela, Peru
 - M. pastaza Levi, 1995 – Peru
 - M. patiama Levi, 1995 – Peru, Brazil
 - M. peckorum Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
 - M. pimentel Levi, 1995 – Venezuela, Peru
 - M. redfordi Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. rogenhoferi (Keyserling, 1878) – Brazil
 - M. rothi Levi, 1995 – Colombia
 - M. samiria Levi, 1995 – Peru
 - M. saturnino Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. sendero Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
 - M. serian Levi, 1995 – Costa Rica
 - M. silvestris (Bryant, 1942) – Puerto Rico
 - M. souza Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. taman Levi, 1995 – Mexico
 - M. tanica Levi, 1995 – Guyana, French Guiana
 - M. tapa Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Peru, French Guiana
 - M. uma Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Peru, Brazil
 - M. uraricoera Levi, 1995 – Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
 - M. uratron Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. valentim Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. vaupes Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Peru, Brazil
 - M. vaurieorum Levi, 1995 – Guatemala
 - M. viriosa (Keyserling, 1892) – Brazil
 - M. voluptifica (Keyserling, 1892) – Colombia to Argentina
 - M. voxanta Levi, 1995 – Brazil
 - M. wittfeldae (McCook, 1894) – USA to Costa Rica
 - M. yobena Levi, 1995 – Colombia to Guyana, Bolivia
 - M. yucumo Levi, 1995 – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana
 - M. zilloides (Banks, 1898) – USA, Caribbean to Honduras
 
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Metazygia F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
 - ^ Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1904), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology
 - ^ 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].
 - ^ "Genus Metazygia". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
 
