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Species Zygiella dispar

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Phonognathidae
Genus Zygiella
Species dispar (Zygiella dispar)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Range
Southern Alaska to California, on or near the west coast. (1)
Season
June to September
Remarks
For the northwest: "Which species can't be told from color alone. Z. x-notata and Z. atrica occur in urbanized habitats, the former on buildings and the latter on trees. Z. dispar is found in natural forest."
…Rod Crawford, 15 June, 2008
See Also
Zygiella x-notata
Internet References
(2)
Works Cited
1.The Orb-weaving Spiders of Canada and Alaska - The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 23
Dondale, C.D., J.H. Redner, P, Paquin and H.W. Levi. 2003. NRC Research Press.
2.Phylogenetic position and composition of Zygiellinae and Caerostris, with new insight into orb-web evolution and gigantism.
Gregorič, M., Agnarsson, I., Blackledge, T. A. & Kuntner, M. 2015. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(2): 225-243.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 2 January, 2008 - 3:02pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Lynette Elliott, cheins, Laura P.
Last updated 4 February, 2023 - 7:49pm

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