Zosis geniculata

Humped spider
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Uloboridae
Genus: Zosis
Species:
Z. geniculata
Binomial name
Zosis geniculata
(Olivier, 1789)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Aranea geniculata Olivier, 1789
  • Uloborus zosis Walckenaer, 1841
  • Zosis caraibe Walckenaer, 1841
  • Orithya williamsii Blackwall, 1858
  • Uloborus latreilleii Thorell, 1858
  • Uloborus domesticus Doleschall, 1859
  • Uloborus borbonicus Vinson, 1863
  • Orithya luteolus Blackwall, 1865
  • Zosis caraiba (Walckenaer, 1841)
  • Uloborus spinitarsis Keyserling, 1887
  • Uloborus geniculatus (Olivier, 1789)
  • Uloborus luteolus (Blackwall, 1865)
  • Philoponella xiamenensis Xie et al., 1997

Zosis geniculata is a cosmopolitan species of spider with a pantropical distribution.[1] In Australia, it is often seen in buildings near human habitation.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Taxon details Zosis geniculata Olivier, 1789", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-05-02
  2. ^ Mascord, Ramon (1970), Australian Spiders in Colour, Artarmon NSW, Australia: Reed, p. 24


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