Nearctic States & Provinces: AK AB BC AK CO NH OR
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/17170
Parazygiella dispar (Kulczynski, 1885)
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Parazygiella Wunderlich, 2004
Species: Parazygiella dispar (Kulczynski, 1885)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AK AB BC AK CO NH OR
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: Slowik, Joey
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
Credit: Slowik, Joey
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Parazygiella dispar Kulczynski 1885 |
| Zilla dispar Kulczynski 1885 |
| Zygiella dispar Kulczynski 1885 |
| Aranea dispar Bösenberg & Strand 1906 |
| Zilla montana Comstock 1940 |
| Zygiella montana Levi & Field 1954 |
| Zygiella dispar Gertsch 1964 |
| Zygiella montana Chikuni 1989 |
| Zygiella dispar Levi 2002 |
| Zygiella dispar Tanikawa 2002 |
| Zygiella dispar Dondale et al. 2003 |
| Parazygiella dispar Wunderlich 2004 |
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 accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/ARANEIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Parazygiella Wunderlich, 2004‡‡
P. carpenteri (Archer, 1951) ...............USA
P. montana (C. L. Koch, 1834) ...............Palearctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution