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N.B.: transferred to the Tetragnathidae by Levi, 1980a: 2 and back to the Araneidae by Scharff & Coddington, 1997: 404 (after Coddington, 1990: 17); placed in the Zygiellidae Simon, 1929 by Wunderlich, 2004f: 935 (not accepted by later authors); placed in the Phonognathidae Simon, 1894a: 746 (a senior synonym of Zygiellidae) by Kuntner et al., 2019: 563; for the current familial placement see the note at the family; replacement name for Zygia C. L. Koch, 1834: 123.17-19 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05965], preoccupied in Coleoptera by Fabricius, 1775; considered a senior synonym of Parazygiella Wunderlich, 2004f: 936 by Gregorič et al., 2015a: 241 and revalidated by Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52.

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01582

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Last updated: 2025-08-18

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 6

SYNONYM: 11

NOMEN NUDUM: 1

NOMEN DUBIUM: 1

Taxonomic Reference

Original description F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902d: 15 type Zygia calophylla C. L. Koch, 1834; gender feminine; syn. of Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)

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Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-12-20	Nota bene edited		Old value
2024-02-08	Nota bene edited		Old value
2024-02-08	Nota bene edited		Old value
2024-02-08	Genus transferred to other family	Hormiga et al., 2023		Zygiella F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 transferred to Araneidae
2023-08-08	Nota bene edited		Old value
2023-08-08	Genus transferred to other family	Kuntner et al., 2023		Zygiella F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 transferred to Phonognathidae
2023-05-04	Nota bene edited		Old value
2016-09-20	Genus synonymy	Gregorič et al., 2015a		Parazygiella synonymized with Zygiella

Zygiella F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902

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