Nearctic States & Provinces: BC NL NS ON PE QC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/17166
Zygiella atrica (C. L. Koch, 1845)
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Zygiella F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902
Species: Zygiella atrica (C. L. Koch, 1845)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Europe, Russia (USA, Canada, introduced)
Nearctic States & Provinces:
BC NL NS ON PE QC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & 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.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Nieuwenhuys, Ed
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Eucharia atrica C. L. Koch 1845 |
| Zygiella atrica C. L. Koch 1845 |
| Epeira atrica Westring 1851 |
| Zilla atrica Thorell 1856 |
| Zygia atrica Menge 1866 |
| Zilla atrica Thorell 1870 |
| Zilla atrica Chyzer & Kulczynski 1891 |
| Zilla atrica F. O. P.-Cambridge 1892 |
| Zilla atrica McCook 1894 |
| Zilla atrica Simon 1895 |
| Zilla atrica Becker 1896 |
| Zilla atrica Bösenberg 1901 |
| Zilla atrica Emerton 1902 |
| Zilla atrica Emerton 1909 |
| Araneus atricus Lessert 1910 |
| Aranea atrica Reimoser 1929 |
| Zygiella atrica Simon 1929 |
| Zilla atrica Wiehle 1931 |
| Zilla atrica Comstock 1940 |
| Zilla atrica Drensky 1943 |
| Zygiella atrica Kaston 1948 |
| Zygiella atrica Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Zilla atrica Saito 1959 |
| Zygiella atrica Gertsch 1964 |
| Zygiella atrica Miller 1971 |
| Zygiella atrica Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Zygiella atrica Levi 1974 |
| Zygiella atrica Palmgren 1974 |
| Zygiella atrica Roberts 1985 |
| Zygiella atrica Coddington 1990 |
| Zygiella atrica Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Zygiella atrica Roberts 1995 |
| Zygiella atrica Roberts 1998 |
| Zygiella atrica Dondale et al. 2003 |
| Zygiella atrica Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Zygiella atrica Levi 2004 |
| Zygiella atrica Almquist 2005 |
Taxonomic References†
Almquist, S. 2005. Swedish Araneae, part 1: families Atypidae to Hahniidae (Linyphiidae excluded). Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 62: 1-284.
Becker, L. 1896. Les arachnides de Belgique. Ann. Mus. Roy. Hist. nat. Belg. 12: 1-3788.
Bösenberg, W. 1901. Die Spinnen Deutschlands. I. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14(1): 1-96.
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1892. New and obscure British spiders. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 10: 384-397.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1891. Araneae Hungariae. Budapest, 1: 1-170.
Coddington, J. A. 1990. Ontogeny and homology in the male palpus of orb-weaving spiders and their relatives, with comments on phylogeny (Araneoclada: Araneoidea, Deinopoidea). Smithson. Contrib. Zool. 496: 1-52.
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.
Drensky, P. 1943. Die Spinnenfauna Bulgariens. VI. Unterordnung Arachnomorphae, II Gruppe Trionichia, Familie Euetrioidae. Bull. Inst. r. Hist. Nat. Sofia 16: 219-254.
Emerton, J. H. 1909. Supplement to the New England Spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 14: 171-236.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Gertsch, W. J. 1964. The spider genus Zygiella in North America (Araneae, Argiopidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 2188: 1-21.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Koch, C. L. 1845. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Zwolfter Band, pp. 1-166.
Lessert, R. de. 1910. Catalogue des invertebres de la Suisse. Fasc. 3, Araignées. Musée d'histoire naturelle de Genève, pp. 1-635.
Levi, H. W. 2004. Comments and new records for the American genera Gea and Argiope with the description of new species (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 158: 47-65.
Levi, H. W. 1974. The orb-weaver genus Zygiella (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 146: 267-290.
Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1953. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 2: 1-449.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
Menge, A. 1866. Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung. Schrift. naturf. Ges. Danzig (N.F.) 1: 1-152
Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.
Palmgren, P. 1974. Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens. IV. Argiopidae, Tetragnathidae und Mimetidae. Fauna Fenn. 24: 1-70.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Reimoser, E. 1929. Einheimische Spinnen 3-4. Die Natur (Wien) 5: 36-39, 62-65, 81-89.
Roberts, M. J. 1998. Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1995. Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1985. The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books, Colchester, England.
Saito, S. 1959. The Spider Book Illustrated in Colours. Hokuryukan, Tokyo, 194 pp.
Simon, E. 1929. Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 3e partie. Paris, 6: 533-772.
Simon, E. 1895. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 761-1084.
Thorell, T. 1870. Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Part I. Uppsala, pp. 1-96.
Thorell, T. 1856. Recensio critica aranearum suecicarum quas descripserunt Clerckius, Linnaeus, de Geerus. N. Act. reg. Soc. sci. Upsal. (3) 2(1): 61-176.
Tyschchenko, V. P. 1971. Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj casti SSSR. Leningrad, pp. 1-281.
Westring, N. 1851. Förteckning öfver de till närvarande tid Kände, i Sverige förekommande Spindlarter, utgörande ett antal af 253, deraf 132 äro nya för svenska Faunan. Götenborg. Kongl. Vet. Handl. 2: 25-62.
Wiehle, H. 1931. Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea. Araneidae. In Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. Jena, 27: 1-136
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/ARANEIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Zygiella F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902‡‡
Z. nearctica Gertsch, 1964 ...............Alaska, Canada, USA
Z. x-notata (Clerck, 1757) ...............Holarctic, Neotropical
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution