Zilla (spider)

Short description: Genus of spiders

Zilla

Temporal range: Palaeogene–present

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Z. diodia in net, female
Scientific classification
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[update] 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Zilla C. L. Koch, 1834. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/425. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
2. ↑ Koch, C. L. (1834), "Arachniden", in Herrich-Schäffer, G. A. W., Deutschlands Insecten

## External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1172479 entry

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