Zilla
Temporal range:
Z. diodia in net, female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Zilla
C. L. Koch, 1834[1]
Type species
Z. diodia
(Walckenaer, 1802)
Species

4, see text

Zilla is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by C. L. Koch in 1834.[2]

Species

As of April 2019 it contains four species:[1]

  • Zilla crownia Yin, Xie & Bao, 1996 – China
  • Zilla diodia (Walckenaer, 1802) (type) – Europe to Azerbaijan
  • Zilla globosa Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2004 – India
  • Zilla qinghaiensis Hu, 2001 – China

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Zilla C. L. Koch, 1834". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  2. ↑ Koch, C. L. (1834), "Arachniden", in Herrich-Schäffer, G. A. W. (ed.), Deutschlands Insecten
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