11, see text Zygiella is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by F. O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1902.

[2] In 2015, Parazygiella was determined to be a taxonomic synonym of Zygiella, and its species were moved to Zygiella.

[3] Zygiella species are distinguished by the structure of the web, which has a missing sector containing a signaling thread leading to a retreat.

[4] Zygiella x-notata, a species in the Zygiella genus, is well-researched for its missing-sector web construction behaviors.

[5] As of April 2019[update] it contains eleven species:[1]