Guizygiella is a genus of Asian orb-weaver spiders that was first described by M. S. Zhu, J. P. Kim and D. X. Song in 1997.[2] It was transferred from the family Tetragnathidae to Araneidae by Kallal & Hormiga in 2022.[3]
| Guizygiella | |
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| Guizygiella nadleri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Guizygiella Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997[1] |
| Type species | |
| G. salta (Yin & Gong, 1996)
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| Species | |
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Species
editAs of May 2024[update] it contains six species, found in Asia:[1]
- Guizygiella guangxiensis (Zhu & Zhang, 1993) – China, Laos
- Guizygiella indica (Tikader & Bal, 1980) – India
- Guizygiella melanocrania (Thorell, 1887) – India to China, Laos
- Guizygiella nadleri (Heimer, 1984) – China, Laos, Vietnam
- Guizygiella salta (Yin & Gong, 1996) (type) – China
- Guizygiella shivui (Patel & Reddy, 1990) – India
In synonymy:
- G. baojingensis (Yin, 2002, T from Zygiella) = Guizygiella salta (Yin & Gong, 1996)
- G. quadrata Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 = Guizygiella salta (Yin & Gong, 1996)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Guizygiella Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Zhu, M. S.; Kim, J. P.; Song, D. X. (1997). "On three new genera and four new species of the family Tetragnathidae (Araneae) from China". Korean Arachnology. 13 (2): 1–10.
- ^ Kallal, Robert J.; Hormiga, Gustavo (15 August 2022). "The family placement of the Asian orb-weaving spider genus Guizygiella Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 (Araneae: Araneoidea)". Zootaxa. 5175 (1): 146–150. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5175.1.8.
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