Araneidae: Zygiella F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902

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Paracymbium triangular with distally directed, rounded tip; epigyne bordered by broad chitinous wall

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- Paracymbium different; epigyne with scapus

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Bulbus distally with large, hook-shaped apophysis; epigyne greater or equal than 2 times as wide as long

Zygiella montana (C. L. Koch, 1834)

- Bulbus distally without hook-shaped apophysis; epigyne < 2 times as wide as long

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Tibia of male pedipalp > 4 times as long as wide; epigynal groove clearly visible

Zygiella atrica (C. L. Koch, 1845)

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Tibia of male pedipalp only slightly longer than wide; epigynal groove covered by thick chitinous bulges

Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757)

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Paracymbium lobed; bulbus with 2 very large and projecting apophyses; scapus of epigyne ± parallel-sided

Leviellus stroemi (Thorell, 1870)

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Paracymbium broadly truncated distally; bulbal apophyses only slightly projecting; epigyne with broad triangular scapus

Leviellus thorelli (Ausserer, 1871)

Further taxa

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1. Zygiella keyserlingi (Ausserer, 1871)