Guizygiella Explained

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.^[1] It was transferred from the family Tetragnathidae to Araneidae by Kallal & Hormiga in 2022.^[2]

Species

it contains six species, found in Asia:^[3]

• 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

• List of Araneidae species

Notes and References

1. 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. 1–10. 13. 2.
2. Kallal . Robert J. . Hormiga . Gustavo . The family placement of the Asian orb-weaving spider genus Guizygiella Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 (Araneae: Araneoidea) . Zootaxa . 15 August 2022 . 5175 . 1 . 146–150 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.1.8.
3. Gen. Guizygiella Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-11-16. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.