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Zosis geniculata

Humped spider
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Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Uloboridae
Genus: Zosis
Species: Z. geniculata
Binomial name
Zosis geniculata
(Olivier, 1789)
Synonyms
  • Aranea geniculata Olivier, 1789
  • Uloborus zosis Walckenaer, 1841
  • Zosis caraibe Walckenaer, 1841
  • Orithya williamsii Blackwall, 1858
  • Uloborus latreilleii Thorell, 1858
  • Uloborus domesticus Doleschall, 1859
  • Uloborus borbonicus Vinson, 1863
  • Orithya luteolus Blackwall, 1865
  • Zosis caraiba (Walckenaer, 1841)
  • Uloborus spinitarsis Keyserling, 1887
  • Uloborus geniculatus (Olivier, 1789)
  • Uloborus luteolus (Blackwall, 1865)
  • Philoponella xiamenensis Xie et al., 1997

Zosis geniculata sometimes referred to as the humped spider or grey house spider, is a cosmopolitan species with a pantropical distribution. In Australia, it is often seen in buildings near human habitation.


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