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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Phonognathidae » Zygiella » Zygiella x-notata

Species Zygiella x-notata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Female Orb Weaver - Zygiella x-notata - female Orb Weaver - Zygiella x-notata Orb weaver and prey - Zygiella x-notata Z. x-notata - Zygiella x-notata - male Light Spider - Zygiella x-notata Orb Weaver? 2 - Zygiella x-notata spider - Zygiella x-notata - female Adult female - Zygiella x-notata - female
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 x-notata (Zygiella x-notata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Size
Body length of female = 7.4-8.7 mm; of male 6-6.5 mm. (1)
Identification
Palp

Epigynym
Range
New England south to Virginia and west to the Pacific Coast and British Columbia. (1)
Remarks
Introduced from Europe.

If it's found on a structure it's more likely Z. x-notata than Z. atrica.

Rod Crawford says "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."
… 15 June, 2008
See Also
Parazygiella dispar
Internet References
American Museum Novitates
Works Cited
1.How to Know the Spiders
B. J. Kaston. 1978. WCB/McGraw-Hill.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 15 June, 2008 - 7:44pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, cheins, kschnei
Last updated 4 February, 2023 - 7:58pm

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