Metazygia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1904.[2] They physically resemble members of Nuctenea, but they do not have fine setae on the carapace.[3][4]

Metazygia
Metazygia zilloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Metazygia
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904[1]
Type species
M. wittfeldae
(McCook, 1894)
Species

90, see text

Species

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Metazygia F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1904), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology
  3. ^ Levi, Herbert W. (1977). "The American orb-weaver genera Cyclosa, Metazygia, and Eustala north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. 148 (3): 61–127 [90].
  4. ^ "Genus Metazygia". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-05-14.