Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: family name and authorship as per ICZN, 2009 Opinion 2224, after application by Kluge, 2007; Arkyinae L. Koch, 1872 (genera Arkys Walckenaer, 1837 and Demadiana Strand, 1929) elevated to Arkyidae by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 244; monophyly of Araneidae stated by Kallal et al., 2018: 138; Nephilinae Simon, 1894 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0111] elevated to family and relimited by Kuntner, 2006: 24, re-synonymized with Araneidae by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 244; Nephilinae and Phonognathinae Simon, 1894 (Simon, 1894a: 746 as Phonognatheae), the valid name for Zygiellinae Simon, 1929 sensu Wunderlich, 2004f, elevated to family by Kuntner et al., 2019: 563, not accepted by Scharff et al., 2020 and Kallal et al., 2020, and confirmed as family by Kuntner et al., 2023: 969-970 along with the separation of Paraplectanoididae Kuntner, Coddington, Agnarsson & Bond, 2023 (with the single genus Paraplectanoides Keyserling, 1886); Nephilinae and Phonognathinae downgraded to subfamily and Paraplectanoididae considered a synonym of Araneidae by Hormiga et al., 2023: 803; Oarcinae (Gnolus and Oarces) transferred from the Mimitidae to the Araneidae by Dimitrov et al., 2012: Suppl. 1, p. 15, re-transfer to the Mimetidae by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 340 not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards).
Gen. Metazygia F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01516

Transferred to other genera:

Metazygia albiventer (Keyserling, 1884) -- see Eustala

Metazygia albonigra (Franganillo, 1931) -- see Larinia

Metazygia glomerabilis (Keyserling, 1892) -- see Metepeira

Metazygia graphica (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) -- see Alpaida

Metazygia gressa (Keyserling, 1892) -- see Metepeira

Metazygia helvola (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) -- see Aculepeira

Metazygia livida Mello-Leitão, 1941 -- see Dictyna

Metazygia unguiformis (Keyserling, 1893) -- see Alpaida

In synonymy:

Metazygia coamensis (Petrunkevitch, 1930, T from Larinia) = Metazygia crewi Banks, 1903 (Bryant, 1945a: 364, sub Araneus)

Metazygia dilatata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904, T from Araneus) = Metazygia zilloides Banks, 1898 (Levi, 1977a: 92)

Metazygia errans (Roewer, 1942, T from Araneus) = Metazygia erratica Keyserling, 1883 (Levi, 1991a: 177, sub Bertrana)

Metazygia manni Bryant, 1945 = Metazygia gregalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 (Levi, 1995a: 121)

Metazygia maura (Hentz, 1847) = Metazygia calix Walckenaer, 1841 (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 109, sub Singa)

Metazygia mollybyrnae (McCook, 1894, T from Singa) = Metazygia pallidula Keyserling, 1864 (Levi, 1972a: 231)

Metazygia moraballii (Hingston, 1932, T from Araneus) = Metazygia dubia Keyserling, 1864 (Levi, 1995a: 82)

Metazygia mundula (Keyserling, 1892) = Metazygia voluptifica Keyserling, 1892 (Levi, 1995a: 125)

Metazygia punctata (Keyserling, 1893, T from Zygiella) = Metazygia voluptifica Keyserling, 1892 (Levi, 1995a: 125)

Metazygia similis Caporiacco, 1947 = Metazygia gregalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 (Levi, 1995a: 121)

Metazygia simplicissima (Keyserling, 1883) = Metazygia pallidula Keyserling, 1864 (Levi, 1995a: 94)

Metazygia tuceps (Chamberlin, 1925, T from Eustala) = Metazygia gregalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 (Banks, 1929: 95)

Metazygia adisi Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016404
Metazygia adisi Levi, 1995a: 104, f. 138-141 (Df) Original description
Metazygia aldela Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016405
Metazygia aldela Levi, 1995a: 146, f. 420-422 (Dm) Original description
Metazygia amalla Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016406
Metazygia amalla Levi, 1995a: 120, f. 247-249 (Df) Original description
Metazygia arnoi Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016407
Metazygia arnoi Levi, 1995a: 104, f. 142-143 (Dm) Original description
Metazygia atalaya Levi, 1995 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016408
Metazygia atalaya Levi, 1995a: 110, f. 185-188 (Df) Original description
Metazygia atama Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016409
Metazygia atama Levi, 1995a: 146, f. 423-424 (Dm) Original description
Metazygia bahama Levi, 1995 | | Bahamas urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016410
Metazygia bahama Levi, 1995a: 81, f. 8-14 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia bahia Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016411
Metazygia bahia Levi, 1995a: 144, f. 409-413 (Df) Original description
Metazygia barueri Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016412
Metazygia barueri Levi, 1995a: 98, f. 100-103 (Df) Original description
Metazygia benella Levi, 1995 | | Panama, Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016413
Metazygia benella Levi, 1995a: 122, f. 263-269 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia bolivia Levi, 1995 | | Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016414
Metazygia bolivia Levi, 1995a: 106, f. 150-153 (Df) Original description
Metazygia calix (Walckenaer, 1841) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016415
Epeira calix Walckenaer, 1841: 90 (Dmf) Original description
Epeira maura Hentz, 1847: 474, pl. 31, f. 8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060384]
Singa maura Keyserling, 1885: 527, pl. 13, f. 26 (f)
Singa maura Keyserling, 1893: 283, pl. 14, f. 208 (f)
Singa maura McCook, 1894: 234, pl. 19, f. 8 (f)
Argyroepeira maura Banks, 1898b: 257
Leucauge maura F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 443
Araneus calix Petrunkevitch, 1911: 283
Araneus maurus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 302
Singa maura Archer, 1940: 36, pl. I, f. 2 (f)
Singa maura Archer, 1941b: 16, pl. III, f. 1 (Dm)
Singa calix Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 109 (T from Araneus, S of Singa maura)
Alpaida calix Levi, 1972a: 231 (T from Singa)
Alpaida calix Levi, 1976: 388, f. 137-144 (mf)
Alpaida calix Roth, 1985: B6-4, f. 21-22 (f)
Metazygia calix Levi, 1995a: 72 (T from Alpaida)
Metazygia carimagua Levi, 1995 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016416
Metazygia carimagua Levi, 1995a: 136, f. 333-336 (Df) Original description
Metazygia carolinalis (Archer, 1951) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016417
Epeira carolinalis Archer, 1951a: 40, f. 57 (Df) Original description
Metazygia carolinalis Levi, 1977a: 94, f. 112-117 (f, T from Araneus)
Metazygia carrizal Levi, 1995 | | Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016418
Metazygia carrizal Levi, 1995a: 102, f. 119-120 (Dm) Original description
Metazygia castaneoscutata (Simon, 1895) | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016419
Araneus castaneoscutatus Simon, 1895a: 806 (Df) Original description
Metazygia castaneoscutata Levi, 1991a: 177 (T from Araneus)
Metazygia castaneoscutata Levi, 1995a: 129, f. 303-308 (f, Dm)
Metazygia cazeaca Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016420
Metazygia cazeaca Levi, 1995a: 145, f. 416-417 (Dm) Original description
Metazygia chenevo Levi, 1995 | | Colombia, Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016421
Metazygia chenevo Levi, 1995a: 110, f. 177-180 (Df) Original description
Metazygia chicanna Levi, 1995 | | Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016422
Metazygia chicanna Levi, 1995a: 90, f. 55-61 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia cienaga Levi, 1995 | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016423
Metazygia cienaga Levi, 1995a: 136, f. 342-345 (Df) Original description
Metazygia corima Levi, 1995 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016424
Metazygia corima Levi, 1995a: 111, f. 189-192 (Df) Original description
Metazygia corumba Levi, 1995 | | Bolivia, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016425
Metazygia corumba Levi, 1995a: 114, f. 213-215 (Dm) Original description
Metazygia crabroniphila Strand, 1916 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016426
Metazygia crabroniphila Strand, 1916b: 117 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia crabroniphila Levi, 1995a: 112, f. 203-207 (mf)
Metazygia crewi (Banks, 1903) | | Greater Antilles, Virgin Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016427
Singa crewii Banks, 1903: 342, pl. 15, f. 8 (Df) Original description
Araneus crewi Petrunkevitch, 1911: 387
Larinia coamensis Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 335, f. 221-224 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060380]
Araneus crewi Bryant, 1945a: 364, f. 1, 3 (Dm, T from Singa, S of Larinia coamensis)
Metazygia crewi Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991: 245 (T from Araneus)
Metazygia crewi Levi, 1995a: 99, f. 107-113 (mf)
Metazygia cunha Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016428
Metazygia cunha Levi, 1995a: 146, f. 418-419 (Dm) Original description
Metazygia curari Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016429
Metazygia curari Levi, 1995a: 106, f. 144-149 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia dubia (Keyserling, 1864) | | Costa Rica, Jamaica, Cuba to Galapagos Is., Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016430
Epeira dubia Keyserling, 1864: 123, pl. 4, f. 12-13 (Df) Original description
Epeira dubia Keyserling, 1892: 187, pl. 9, f. 138 (f)
Araneus dubius Petrunkevitch, 1911: 290
Epeira moraballii Hingston, 1932: 363 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060386]
Metazygia dubia Levi, 1991a: 179 (T from Araneus)
Metazygia dubia Levi, 1995a: 82, f. 15-21 (Dm, f, S of Araneus moraballii)
Metazygia ducke Levi, 1995 | | Brazil, Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016431
Metazygia ducke Levi, 1995a: 138, f. 365-369 (Df) Original description
Metazygia enabla Levi, 1995 | | Colombia, Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016432
Metazygia enabla Levi, 1995a: 95, f. 81-86 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia erratica (Keyserling, 1883) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016433
Epeira erratica Keyserling, 1883a: 197, pl. 15, f. 3 (Df; not preoccupied by Olivier, 1789, sub Aranea, see Pardosa pullata) Original description
Epeira erratica Keyserling, 1892: 161, pl. 8, f. 119 (f)
Araneus erraticus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 291
Aranea errans Roewer, 1942a: 841 (replacement name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060382]
Bertrana erratica Levi, 1991a: 177 (T from Araneus, S of Araneus errans)
Metazygia erratica Levi, 1995a: 140, f. 370-373 (f, T from Bertrana)
Metazygia floresta Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016434
Metazygia floresta Levi, 1995a: 132, f. 314-317 (Df) Original description
Metazygia genaro Levi, 1995 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016435
Metazygia genaro Levi, 1995a: 141, f. 378-384 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia genaro Levi, 2002: 545, f. 162-163 (f)
Metazygia genialis (Keyserling, 1892) | | Brazil, Dominican Republic (Hispaniola) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016436
Epeira genialis Keyserling, 1892: 156, pl. 8, f. 114 (Df) Original description
Araneus genialis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 293
Metazygia geniales Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 186 (T from Araneus)
Metazygia genialis Levi, 1995a: 118, f. 239-246 (f, Dm)
Metazygia goeldii Levi, 1995 | | French Guiana, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016438
Metazygia goeldii Levi, 1995a: 104, f. 133-137 (Df) Original description
Metazygia goeldii Dierkens, 2012a: 28, f. 14, 36 (f)
Metazygia gregalis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) | | Nicaragua, Caribbean to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016439
Epeira gregalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 22, pl. 5, f. 3 (Df) Original description
Epeira gregalis Keyserling, 1892: 177, pl. 9, f. 131 (f, Dm)
Metazygia gregalis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 501, pl. 47, f. 24 (f)
Aranea gregalis Strand, 1907j: 227
Araneus gregalis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 295
Eustala tuceps Chamberlin, 1925d: 217 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060391]
Metazygia gregalis Banks, 1929: 95 (S of Eustala tuceps)
Metazygia gregalis Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 327, f. 208-210 (mf)
Metazygia manni Bryant, 1945a: 377, f. 12-13, 23 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060383]
Metazygia similis Caporiacco, 1947a: 25 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060389]
Metazygia similis Caporiacco, 1948a: 660, f. 70 (f)
Metazygia gregalis Levi, 1995a: 121, f. 253-262 (mf, S of Metazygia manni, M. similis and S of Eustala tuceps confirmed)
Metazygia gregalis Dierkens, 2012a: 29, f. 15, 16, 28, 37 (mf)
Metazygia ikuruwa Levi, 1995 | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016440
Metazygia ikuruwa Levi, 1995a: 120, f. 250-252 (Dm) Original description
Metazygia incerta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) | | Belize to Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016441
Epeira incerta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 23, pl. 4, f. 15 (Df) Original description
Epeira fecunda O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 26, pl. 6, f. 9-10 (Dmf)
Epeira incerta Keyserling, 1892: 163, pl. 8, f. 120 (f)
Epeira fecunda Keyserling, 1892: 164, pl. 8, f. 121 (mf)
Aranea incerta F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 512, pl. 49, f. 7-8 (mf
Araneus incertus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 298
Araneus incertus Kraus, 1955b: 22, f. 62-65 (mf)
Metazygia incerta Levi, 1991a: 179 (T from Araneus)
Metazygia incerta Levi, 1995a: 93, f. 69-73 (mf)
Metazygia ipago Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016442
Metazygia ipago Levi, 1995a: 86, f. 35-38 (Df) Original description
Metazygia ipanga Levi, 1995 | | Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016443
Metazygia ipanga Levi, 1995a: 107, f. 164-167 (Df) Original description
Metazygia isabelae Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016444
Metazygia isabelae Levi, 1995a: 96, f. 91-93 (Dm) Original description
Metazygia ituari Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016445
Metazygia ituari Levi, 1995a: 128, f. 289-291 (Df) Original description
Metazygia jamari Levi, 1995 | | Brazil, Suriname urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016446
Metazygia jamari Levi, 1995a: 99, f. 104-106 (Dm) Original description
Metazygia keyserlingi Banks, 1929 | | Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Trinidad urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016447
Metazygia keyserlingi Banks, 1929: 94, pl. 4, f. 63 (Df) Original description
Metazygia keyserlingi Levi, 1995a: 89, f. 48-54 (Dm, f, removed from S of Metazygia zilloides, contra Levi, 1977a: 92)
Metazygia lagiana Levi, 1995 | | Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016448
Metazygia lagiana Levi, 1995a: 134, f. 328-332 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia laticeps (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) | | Guatemala to Bolivia, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016449
Epeira laticeps O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889d: 18, pl. 4, f. 16 (Df) Original description
Epeira laticeps Keyserling, 1892: 175, pl. 8, f. 129 (f)
Aranea laticeps F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 516, pl. 49, f. 21 (Df)
Araneus laticeps Petrunkevitch, 1911: 299
Metazygia laticeps Levi, 1995a: 117, f. 226-230 (Dm, f, T from Araneus)
Metazygia laticeps Levi, 2002: 559, f. 308 (m)
Metazygia laticeps Dierkens, 2012a: 29, f. 17, 38 (f)
Metazygia lazepa Levi, 1995 | | Colombia, Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016450
Metazygia lazepa Levi, 1995a: 110, f. 181-184 (Df) Original description
Metazygia levii Santos, 2003 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038645
Metazygia levii Santos, 2003: 151, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia limonal Levi, 1995 | | Peru, Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016451
Metazygia limonal Levi, 1995a: 128, f. 292-294 (Df) Original description
Metazygia lopez Levi, 1995 | | Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016452
Metazygia lopez Levi, 1995a: 137, f. 351-359 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia loque Levi, 1995 | | Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016453
Metazygia loque Levi, 1995a: 136, f. 337-341 (Df) Original description
Metazygia manu Levi, 1995 | | Peru, French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016454
Metazygia manu Levi, 1995a: 140, f. 374-377 (Dm) Original description
Metazygia manu Dierkens, 2013a: 5, f. 1-2, 6-7 (m)
Metazygia mariahelenae Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016455
Metazygia mariahelenae Levi, 1995a: 132, f. 318-321 (Dm) Original description
Metazygia matanzas Levi, 1995 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016456
Metazygia matanzas Levi, 1995a: 113, f. 208-212 (Df) Original description
Metazygia moldira Levi, 1995 | | Ecuador, Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016457
Metazygia moldira Levi, 1995a: 144, f. 401-404 (Df) Original description
Metazygia mundulella (Strand, 1916) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016458
Aranea mundulella Strand, 1916b: 114 (Dmf) Original description
Larinia mundulella Roewer, 1942a: 771
Aranea mundulella Roewer, 1942a: 848
Metazygia mundulella Grasshoff, 1970b: 218 (T from Larinia)
Metazygia mundulella Levi, 1991a: 177 (T from Araneus)
Metazygia mundulella Levi, 1995a: 118, f. 231-238 (mf)
Metazygia nigrocincta (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904) | | Mexico to Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016459
Aranea nigrocincta F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 513, pl. 49, f. 11-12 (Dmf) Original description
Araneus nigrocinctus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 306
Metazygia nigrocincta Levi, 1995a: 133, f. 322-327 (mf, T from Araneus)
Metazygia nigrocincta Levi, 2002: 549, f. 211 (m)
Metazygia nobas Levi, 1995 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016460
Metazygia nobas Levi, 1995a: 103, f. 129-132 (Df) Original description
Metazygia octama Levi, 1995 | | Panama to Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016461
Metazygia octama Levi, 1995a: 130, f. 309-313 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia oro Levi, 1995 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016462
Metazygia oro Levi, 1995a: 146, f. 425-428 (Dm) Original description
Metazygia pallidula (Keyserling, 1864) | | Mexico to Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016463
Epeira pallidula Keyserling, 1864: 124, pl. 4, f. 14-15 (Df) Original description
Epeira simplicissima Keyserling, 1883a: 203, pl. 15, f. 8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060390]
Epeira pallidula Keyserling, 1892: 158, pl. 8, f. 116 (f)
Epeira simplicissima Keyserling, 1892: 169, pl. 8, f. 125 (f)
Singa mollybyrnae McCook, 1894: 229, pl. 19, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060385]
Aranea pallidula F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 514, pl. 49, f. 13 (f)
Araneus mollybyrnae Petrunkevitch, 1911: 304
Araneus pallidulus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 308
Araneus simplicissimus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 315
Metazygia pallidula Mello-Leitão, 1941b: 256 (Tf from Araneus)
Araneus palloides Roewer, 1955c: 1715 (replacement name for Epeira pallidula Keyserling, 1863, preoccupied in Araneus by Clerck, 1757, but superfluous because of T by Mello-Leitão, 1941)
Metazygia pallidula Levi, 1972a: 231 (S of Singa mollybyrnae)
Metazygia pallidula Levi, 1991a: 179 (T from Araneus)
Metazygia simplicissima Levi, 1991a: 180 (T from Araneus)
Metazygia pallidula Levi, 1995a: 94, f. 74-80 (Dm, f, S of Metazygia simplicissima)
Metazygia paquisha Levi, 1995 | | Venezuela, Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016464
Metazygia paquisha Levi, 1995a: 103, f. 125-128 (Df) Original description
Metazygia pastaza Levi, 1995 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016465
Metazygia pastaza Levi, 1995a: 92, f. 66-68 (Dm) Original description
Metazygia patiama Levi, 1995 | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016466
Metazygia patiama Levi, 1995a: 85, f. 29-34 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia peckorum Levi, 1995 | | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016467
Metazygia peckorum Levi, 1995a: 142, f. 391-400 (Df) Original description
Metazygia pimentel Levi, 1995 | | Venezuela, Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016468
Metazygia pimentel Levi, 1995a: 85, f. 22-28 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia redfordi Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016469
Metazygia redfordi Levi, 1995a: 96, f. 87-90 (Df) Original description
Metazygia rogenhoferi (Keyserling, 1878) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016470
Zilla rogenhoferi Keyserling, 1878a: 578, pl. 14, f. 6 (Df) Original description
Zilla rogenhoferi Keyserling, 1893: 296, pl. 15, f. 219 (f)
Araneus rogenhoferi Petrunkevitch, 1911: 312
Zygiella rogenhoferi Roewer, 1942a: 887
Metazygia rogenhoferi Levi, 1974a: 271 (T from Zygiella)
Metazygia rogenhoferi Levi, 1995a: 98, f. 94-99 (f, Dm)
Metazygia rothi Levi, 1995 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016471
Metazygia rothi Levi, 1995a: 145, f. 414-415 (Dm) Original description
Metazygia samiria Levi, 1995 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016472
Metazygia samiria Levi, 1995a: 138, f. 360-364 (Df) Original description
Metazygia saturnino Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016473
Metazygia saturnino Levi, 1995a: 111, f. 197-202 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia sendero Levi, 1995 | | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016474
Metazygia sendero Levi, 1995a: 114, f. 216-221 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia serian Levi, 1995 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016475
Metazygia serian Levi, 1995a: 108, f. 172-176 (Df) Original description
Metazygia silvestris (Bryant, 1942) | | Puerto Rico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016476
Larinia silvestris Bryant, 1942b: 5, f. 5, 7, 10-11 (Dm) Original description
Cyclosa silvestris Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991: 246 (T from Larinia)
Metazygia silvestris Levi, 1999: 375, f. 430-432 (m, T from Cyclosa)
Metazygia souza Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016477
Metazygia souza Levi, 1995a: 137, f. 346-350 (Df) Original description
Metazygia taman Levi, 1995 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016478
Metazygia taman Levi, 1995a: 102, f. 121-124 (Df) Original description
Metazygia tanica Levi, 1995 | | Guyana, French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016479
Metazygia tanica Levi, 1995a: 128, f. 295-297 (Dm) Original description
Metazygia tanica Dierkens, 2012a: 29, f. 18, 29 (m)
Metazygia tanica Dierkens, 2013a: 6, f. 3, 9-11 (Df)
Metazygia tapa Levi, 1995 | | Colombia, Peru, French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016480
Metazygia tapa Levi, 1995a: 92, f. 62-65 (Df) Original description
Metazygia tapa Dierkens, 2013a: 7, f. 4, 12 (f)
Metazygia uma Levi, 1995 | | Colombia, Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016481
Metazygia uma Levi, 1995a: 116, f. 222-225 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia uraricoera Levi, 1995 | | Brazil, Guyana, Suriname urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016482
Metazygia uraricoera Levi, 1995a: 108, f. 168-171 (Df) Original description
Metazygia uratron Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016483
Metazygia uratron Levi, 1995a: 111, f. 193-196 (Df) Original description
Metazygia valentim Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016484
Metazygia valentim Levi, 1995a: 144, f. 405-408 (Df) Original description
Metazygia vaupes Levi, 1995 | | Colombia, Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016485
Metazygia vaupes Levi, 1995a: 129, f. 298-302 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia vaurieorum Levi, 1995 | | Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016486
Metazygia vaurieorum Levi, 1995a: 102, f. 114-118 (Df) Original description
Metazygia viriosa (Keyserling, 1892) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016487
Epeira viriosa Keyserling, 1892: 165, pl. 8, f. 122 (Df) Original description
Araneus viriosus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 324
Metazygia viriosa Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 187 (T from Araneus)
Metazygia viriosa Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 248
Drexellia viriosa Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 240
Metazygia viriosa Levi, 1995a: 126, f. 285-288 (f)
Metazygia voluptifica (Keyserling, 1892) | | Colombia to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016488
Epeira voluptifica Keyserling, 1892: 152, pl. 7, f. 112 (Dmf) Original description
Epeira mundula Keyserling, 1892: 179, pl. 9, f. 132 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060387]
Zilla punctata Keyserling, 1893: 305, pl. 15, f. 225 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060388]
Larinia mundula Simon, 1905e: 10
Araneus punctatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 311
Araneus voluptificus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 324
Zygiella punctata Roewer, 1942a: 887
Metazygia voluptifica Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 187 (T from Araneus)
Araneus mundulus Grasshoff, 1970b: 218 (T from Larinia)
Meta punctata Levi, 1986a: 106 (type lost and unrecognizable name)
Metazygia mundula Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991: 246 (T from Araneus)
Metazygia voluptifica Levi, 1995a: 125, f. 277-284 (mf, S of Metazygia mundula and Zygiella punctata)
Metazygia voxanta Levi, 1995 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016489
Metazygia voxanta Levi, 1995a: 141, f. 385-390 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia wittfeldae (McCook, 1894) | | USA to Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016490
Epeira wittfeldae McCook, 1894: 168, pl. 7, f. 6-7 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia wittfeldae F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 501, pl. 47, f. 22-23 (mf)
Araneus wittfeldae Petrunkevitch, 1911: 325
Metazygia wittfeldae Levi, 1977a: 92, f. 90-103 (mf)
Metazygia wittfeldae Coddington, 1990: 14, f. 62 (m)
Metazygia wittfeldae Breene et al., 1993: 106, f. 162A-C (mf)
Metazygia wittfeldae Levi, 1995a: 81, f. 1-7 (mf)
Metazygia wittfeldae Scharff & Coddington, 1997: 375, f. 19 (m)
Metazygia wittfeldae Levi, 2002: 545, f. 158-161, 212 (mf)
Metazygia yobena Levi, 1995 | | Colombia to Guyana, Bolivia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016491
Metazygia yobena Levi, 1995a: 124, f. 270-276 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia yobena Levi, 2002: 533, f. 16-18 (f)
Metazygia yobena Dierkens, 2013a: 7, f. 5, 8 (m)
Metazygia yucumo Levi, 1995 | | Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016492
Metazygia yucumo Levi, 1995a: 106, f. 154-163 (Dmf) Original description
Metazygia yucumo Dierkens, 2012a: 29, f. 19, 30 (m)
Metazygia zilloides (Banks, 1898) | | USA, Caribbean to Honduras urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016493
Epeira zilloides Banks, 1898b: 255, pl. 15, f. 2 (Dmf) Original description
Aranea dilitata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 513, pl. 49, f. 9 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060381]
Aranea zilloides F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 519
Araneus dilitatus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 290
Araneus zilloides Petrunkevitch, 1911: 326
Metazygia albonigra Bryant, 1940: 339, f. 107-109, 111 (mf, T from Larinia; misidentified per Levi, 1977a: 92)
Araneus pallidulus Kraus, 1955b: 24, f. 66 (f; misidentified per Levi, 1977a: 92)
Metazygia zilloides Levi, 1977a: 92, f. 104-111 (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus dilitatus and Metazygia keyserlingi, M. keyserlingi revalidated by Levi, 1995a: 89)
Metazygia zilloides Levi, 1995a: 86, f. 39-47 (mf)
Metazygia zilloides Martinez et al., 2014: 153, f. 1-4 (mf)

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