Parazygiella dispar (Kulczynski, 1885)
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FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 Genus: Parazygiella Wunderlich, 2004 Species: Parazygiella dispar (Kulczynski, 1885)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
AK AB BC AK CO NH OR
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Seasonality
Specimen Search
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Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† orb weavers
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Canopy; inside house on deer mount on wall; On buildings; In and around cottage; scrub timber; on upper deck under lip of big pot; in bathroom in warehouse; Canopy. 32m; In cottage; second growth forest; scrub timber next to road; Canopy. 33m; Riparian, Conifer closed Forest;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
| Male Dimensions: (Dimensions not yet available) |
Image of External Male Genitalia: Credit: Slowik, Joey |
Details About Females
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
| Female Dimensions: (Dimensions not yet available) |
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Bösenberg, W. & E. Strand. 1906. Japanische Spinnen. Abh. Senck. naturf. Ges. 30: 93-422.
Chikuni, Y. 1989. Pictorial Encyclopedia of Spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publ. Co., Tokyo, 310 pp.
Comstock, J. H. 1940. The spider book, revised and edited by W. J. Gertsch. Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, xi + 727 pp.
Dondale, C. D., J. H. Redner, P. Paquin & H. W. Levi. 2003. The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 23. The orb-weaving spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Uloboridae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Theridiosomatidae). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 371 pp.
Gertsch, W. J. 1964. The spider genus Zygiella in North America (Araneae, Argiopidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 2188: 1-21. 
Kulczynski, W. 1885. Araneae in Camtschadalia a Dre B. Dybowski collectae. Pam. Akad. umiej. Krakow 11: 1-60.
Levi, H. W. 2002. Keys to the genera of araneid orbweavers (Araneae, Araneidae) of the Americas. J. Arachnol. 30: 527-562. 
Levi, H. W. 1974. The orb-weaver genus Zygiella (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 146: 267-290.
Levi, H. W. & H. M. Field. 1954. The spiders of Wisconsin. Am. Midl. Nat. 51: 440-467.
Tanikawa, A. 2002. Japanses spider of the genus Zygiella (Araneae: Araneidae). Acta arachn. Tokyo 51 105-107.
Wunderlich, J. 2004. The fossil spiders (Araneae) of the families Tetragnathidae and Zygiellidae n. stat. in Baltic and Dominican amber, with notes on higher extant and fossil taxa. Beitr. Araneol. 3: 899-955.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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