Zosis
Female Zosis geniculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Uloboridae
Genus: Zosis
Walckenaer, 1841[1]

Zosis is a genus of spiders in the family Uloboridae.

Species

As of December 2022, the World Spider Catalog accepted 5 species:[1]

  • Zosis costalimae (Mello-Leitão, 1917) – Brazil
  • Zosis geniculata (Olivier, 1789) – Southern USA to Brazil, Caribbean. Introduced to Macaronesia, West Africa, Seychelles, India, Indonesia, Philippines, China, Korea, Japan, Australia, Hawaii
    • Zosis geniculata fusca (Caporiacco, 1948) – Guyana
    • Zosis geniculata timorensis (Schenkel, 1944) – Timor
  • Zosis peruana (Keyserling, 1881) – Colombia to Argentina

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Zosis Walckenaer, 1841", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-05-02


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