Zosis geniculata

Humped spider
	Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 is a cosmopolitan species of spider with a pantropical distribution.^[1] In Australia, it is often seen in buildings near human habitation.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Taxon details Zosis geniculata Olivier, 1789", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-05-02
^ Mascord, Ramon (1970), Australian Spiders in Colour, Artarmon NSW, Australia: Reed, p. 24

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[WSC_s43231-1] "Taxon details Zosis geniculata Olivier, 1789", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-05-02

[Masc70-2] Mascord, Ramon (1970), Australian Spiders in Colour, Artarmon NSW, Australia: Reed, p. 24

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