World Spider Catalog

Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Guizygiella Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01377

type Guizygiella quadrata Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997; gender feminine

N.B.: described in the Tetragnathidae, placed in the Zygiellidae Simon, 1929 by Wunderlich, 2004f: 927 (which currently belong to the Araneidae as the subfamily Phonognathinae Simon, 1894), transferred to the Araneidae by Kallal & Hormiga, 2022: 147.

In synonymy:

Guizygiella baojingensis (Yin, 2002, T from Zygiella) = Guizygiella salta (Yin & Gong, 1996) (Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 50)

Guizygiella quadrata Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 = Guizygiella salta (Yin & Gong, 1996) (Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 50)

Guizygiella guangxiensis (Zhu & Zhang, 1993) | | China, Thailand, Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017171

Zygiella calyptrata Yin et al., 1990: 138, f. 341-343 (f; misidentified per Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 45)

Zygiella guangxiensis Zhu & Zhang, 1993: 39, f. 21-27 (Dmf) Original description

Zygiella guangxiensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 229, f. 129Q-S (mf)

Guizygiella guangxiensis Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 45, f. 17A-H (mf, T from Zygiella)

Guizygiella guangxiensis Jäger, 2007: 35, f. 8-9 (f)

Guizygiella guangxiensis Kallal & Hormiga, 2022a: 149, f. 1A-C, 2A-E, 3A-B (mf)

Guizygiella haoyangi Yao & Liu, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065541

Guizygiella haoyangi Yao & Liu, in Wang et al., 2025d: 22, f. 1A-E (Dm) Original description

Guizygiella huahai Mi, Wang & Li, 2024 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063449

Guizygiella huahai Mi, Wang & Li, 2024: 303, f. 16A-F, 17A-D, 18A-D (Dmf) Original description

Guizygiella indica (Tikader & Bal, 1980) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017173

Zygiella indica Tikader & Bal, 1980: 245, f. 5-9 (Dmf) Original description

Zygiella indica Tikader, 1982a: 217, f. 423-427 (mf)

Zygiella indica Gajbe, 2007: 523, f. 299-302 (f)

Guizygiella indica Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009: 33 (T from Zygiella)

Guizygiella melanocrania (Thorell, 1887) | | Pakistan, India to China, Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017177

Epeira melanocrania Thorell, 1887: 209 (Df) Original description

Araneus melanocranius Simon, 1909e: 108

Araneus melanocranius Dyal, 1935: 183, pl. 16, f. 125 (f)

Zygiella melanocrania Roewer, 1942a: 886

Zygiella melanocrania Levi, 1974a: 282, f. 81-84 (f)

Zygiella melanocrania Tikader & Bal, 1980: 243, f. 1-4 (f)

Zygiella melanocrania Tikader, 1982a: 215, f. 419-422 (f)

Guizygiella melanocrania Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 46, f. 18A-G (Dm, f, T from Zygiella)

Guizygiella nadleri (Heimer, 1984) | | India, China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017180

Zygiella nadleri Heimer, 1984c: 95, f. 1-6 (Dmf) Original description

Zygiella x-notata Feng, 1990: 102, f. 77.1-2 (f; misidentified per Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 48)

Zygiella melanocrania Yin et al., 1990: 138, f. 344-346 (f; misidentified per Zhu & Zhang, 1993: 40)

Zygiella nadleri Zhu & Zhang, 1993: 40, f. 28-31 (mf)

Zygiella nadleri Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 229, f. 130A-C (mf)

Guizygiella nadleri Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 48, f. 19A-J, pl. IA-D (mf, T from Zygiella)

Guizygiella nadleri Yin et al., 2012: 430, f. 192a-f (mf)

Guizygiella nadleri Malamel, 2026: 251, f. 1A-F, 2A-E (mf)

Guizygiella salta (Yin & Gong, 1996) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017183 TYPE SPECIES

Zygiella salta Yin & Gong, 1996: 75, f. 17-24 (Dmf) Original description

Guizygiella quadrata Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997: 4, f. 3A-H (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:013658]

Guizygiella quadrata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 213, f. 120L-O, 130F (mf)

Zygiella baojingensis Yin, 2002: 281, f. 1-3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054971]

Guizygiella salta Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 50, f. 20A-J, pl. IE-H (mf, T from Zygiella, S of Guizygiella quadrata and Zygiella baojingensis)

Guizygiella salta Yin et al., 2012: 431, f. 193a-g (mf)

Guizygiella salta Wang et al., 2025d: 23, f. 2A-E, 3A-D (mf)

Guizygiella shivui (Patel & Reddy, 1990) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017184

Zygiella shivui Patel & Reddy, 1990c: 159, f. 6-11 (Dmf) Original description

Guizygiella shivui Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009: 33 (T from Zygiella)