Biology:Zosis geniculata

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Short description: Species of spider

Humped spider
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Female
Scientific classification edit
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
  • Walckenaer, 1841 Blackwall, 1858
  • Blackwall, 1865 Zosis caraiba
  • Uloborus latreilleii (Walckenaer, 1841)
  • Zosis caraibe Thorell, 1858
  • Keyserling, 1887 Uloborus geniculatus
  • Uloborus domesticus (Olivier, 1789)
  • Uloborus zosis Walckenaer, 1841
  • Doleschall, 1859 (Blackwall, 1865)
  • Philoponella xiamenensis Uloborus borbonicus
  • Xie et al., 1997 Orithya williamsii
  • Vinson, 1863 Uloborus luteolus
  • Uloborus spinitarsis Orithya luteolus

Zosis geniculata sometimes referred to as the humped spider or grey house spider,[citation needed] is a cosmopolitan species with a pantropical distribution.[1] In Australia , it is often seen in buildings near human habitation.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Taxon details Zosis geniculata Olivier, 1789", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/43231, retrieved 2016-05-02 
  2. Mascord, Ramon (1970), Australian Spiders in Colour, Artarmon NSW, Australia: Reed, p. 24 

Wikidata ☰ Q1865148 entry