Metazygia

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

Species

it contains ninety species:

• M. adisi <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. aldela <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. amalla <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. arnoi <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. atalaya <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Peru
• M. atama <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. bahama <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Bahama Is.
• M. bahia <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. barueri <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. benella <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Panama, Colombia
• M. bolivia <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Bolivia
• M. calix <small>(Walckenaer, 1841)</small> – USA
• M. carimagua <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Colombia
• M. carolinalis <small>(Archer, 1951)</small> – USA
• M. carrizal <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Guatemala
• M. castaneoscutata <small>(Simon, 1895)</small> – Peru, Brazil
• M. cazeaca <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. chenevo <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Colombia, Guyana
• M. chicanna <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Jamaica
• M. cienaga <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Hispaniola
• M. corima <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Colombia
• M. corumba <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Bolivia, Brazil
• M. crabroniphila <small>Strand, 1916</small> – Brazil
• M. crewi <small>(Banks, 1903)</small> – Greater Antilles, Virgin Is.
• M. cunha <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. curari <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. dubia <small>(Keyserling, 1864)</small> – Costa Rica, Cuba to Galapagos Is., Peru, Brazil
• M. ducke <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil, Bolivia
• M. enabla <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Colombia, Venezuela
• M. erratica <small>(Keyserling, 1883)</small> – Brazil
• M. floresta <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. genaro <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Peru
• M. genialis <small>(Keyserling, 1892)</small> – Brazil, Dominican Republic (Hispaniola)
• M. goeldii <small>Levi, 1995</small> – French Guiana, Brazil
• M. gregalis <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889)</small> – Nicaragua, Caribbean to Argentina
• M. ikuruwa <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Guyana
• M. incerta <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889)</small> – Belize to Panama
• M. ipago <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. ipanga <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina
• M. isabelae <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. ituari <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. jamari <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil, Suriname
• M. keyserlingi <small>Banks, 1929</small> – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Trinidad
• M. lagiana <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina
• M. laticeps <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889)</small> – Guatemala to Bolivia, Brazil
• M. lazepa <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Colombia, Venezuela
• M. levii <small>Santos, 2003</small> – Brazil
• M. limonal <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Peru, Brazil, Argentina
• M. lopez <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
• M. loque <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Bolivia
• M. manu <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Peru, French Guiana
• M. mariahelenae <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. matanzas <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Cuba
• M. moldira <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Ecuador, Peru
• M. mundulella <small>(Strand, 1916)</small> – Brazil
• M. nigrocincta <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904)</small> – Mexico to Panama
• M. nobas <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Ecuador
• M. octama <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Panama to Peru
• M. oro <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Ecuador
• M. pallidula <small>(Keyserling, 1864)</small> – Mexico to Peru
• M. paquisha <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Venezuela, Peru
• M. pastaza <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Peru
• M. patiama <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Peru, Brazil
• M. peckorum <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
• M. pimentel <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Venezuela, Peru
• M. redfordi <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. rogenhoferi <small>(Keyserling, 1878)</small> – Brazil
• M. rothi <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Colombia
• M. samiria <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Peru
• M. saturnino <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. sendero <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
• M. serian <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Costa Rica
• M. silvestris <small>(Bryant, 1942)</small> – Puerto Rico
• M. souza <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. taman <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Mexico
• M. tanica <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Guyana, French Guiana
• M. tapa <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Colombia, Peru, French Guiana
• M. uma <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Colombia, Peru, Brazil
• M. uraricoera <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
• M. uratron <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. valentim <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. vaupes <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Colombia, Peru, Brazil
• M. vaurieorum <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Guatemala
• M. viriosa <small>(Keyserling, 1892)</small> – Brazil
• M. voluptifica <small>(Keyserling, 1892)</small> – Colombia to Argentina
• M. voxanta <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Brazil
• M. wittfeldae <small>(McCook, 1894)</small> – USA to Costa Rica
• M. yobena <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Colombia to Guyana, Bolivia
• M. yucumo <small>Levi, 1995</small> – Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana
• M. zilloides <small>(Banks, 1898)</small> – USA, Caribbean to Honduras

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