Segestria

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Segestria
S. florentina
S. florentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Segestriidae
Genus: Segestria
Latreille
Diversity
20 species
Type species
Aranea florentina
Rossi, 1790
Species

See text.

Segestria is a genus of segestriid spiders that occur mainly in Eurasia. Some species are found in the Americas, one in New Zealand, and two in North Africa. S. madagascarensis is found in Madagascar. Some species can reach a body size of more than 2 cm.

[edit] Species

  • Segestria bavarica C. L. Koch, 1843 (Europe to Azerbaijan)
  • Segestria bella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 (USA)
  • Segestria cavernicola Kulczyn'ski, 1915 (Italy)
  • Segestria croatica Doleschall, 1852 (Croatia)
  • Segestria cruzana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 (USA)
  • Segestria danzantica Chamberlin, 1924 (Mexico)
  • Segestria davidi Simon, 1884 (Syria)
  • Segestria florentina (Rossi, 1790) (Europe to Georgia)
  • Segestria fusca Simon, 1882 (Portugal, Spain, France, Italy)
  • Segestria inda Simon, 1906 (India)
  • Segestria madagascarensis Keyserling, 1877 (Madagascar)
  • Segestria nipponica Kishida, 1913 (Japan)
  • Segestria pacifica Banks, 1891 (USA)
  • Segestria pusilla Nicolet, 1849 (Chile)
  • Segestria pusiola Simon, 1882 (Corsica, Algeria)
  • Segestria ruficeps Guérin, 1832 (Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina)
  • Segestria saeva Walckenaer, 1837 (New Zealand)
  • Segestria sbordonii Brignoli, 1984 (Crete)
  • Segestria senoculata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Palearctic)
    • Segestria senoculata castrodunensis Gétaz, 1889 (Switzerland)
  • Segestria turkestanica Dunin, 1986 (Central Asia)
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