Metazygia zilloides

Metazygia zilloides

Name

Metazygia zilloides (Banks, 1909)

Synonyms

  • Epeira zilloides Banks, 1909

Distribution

Central America and the Caribbean: Found in Panama, Costa Rica, and surrounding regions.

References

  • Banks, N. 1909. Arachnida from Costa Rica. **Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia** 61: 194–234.
  • Levi, H.W. 1995. Orb-weaving spiders Actinosoma, Encyosaccus, Alpaida, and Metazygia (Araneae: Araneidae). **Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology** 154(2): 63–151.
  • World Spider Catalog. 2024. Metazygia zilloides (Banks, 1909). Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved July 2025 from https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/4810

Vernacular names

  • English: Zilloides orb-weaver
  • español: Araña tejedora zilloides [descriptive; not a common name]