Zosis is a genus of spiders in the family Uloboridae.
| Zosis | |
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| Female Zosis geniculata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Uloboridae |
| Genus: | Zosis Walckenaer, 1841[1] |
Species edit
As of December 2022[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted 5 species:[1]
- Zosis costalimae (Mello-Leitão, 1917) – Brazil
- Zosis geniculata (Olivier, 1789) – Southern USA to Brazil, Caribbean. Introduced to Macaronesia, West Africa, Seychelles, India, Indonesia, Philippines, China, Korea, Japan, Australia, Hawaii
- Zosis geniculata fusca (Caporiacco, 1948) – Guyana
- Zosis geniculata timorensis (Schenkel, 1944) – Timor
- Zosis peruana (Keyserling, 1881) – Colombia to Argentina
References edit
- ^ a b c "Gen. Zosis Walckenaer, 1841", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-05-02