Biology:Siwa (spider)

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Siwa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Siwa
Grasshoff, 1970[1]
Type species
S. atomaria (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876)
Species
  • S. atomaria (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) — Egypt, Israel, Azerbaijan, Iran
  • (Simon, 1874) — Western Mediterranean S. dufouri

Siwa is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by M. Grasshoff in 1970.[2] (As of April 2019) it contains only two species.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Siwa Grasshoff, 1970". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/403. Retrieved 2019-04-05. 
  2. Grasshoff, M. (1970). "Die Tribus Mangorini. II. Die neuen Gattungen Siwa, Paralarinia, Faradja, Mahembea und Lariniaria (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae-Araneinae).". Senckenbergiana Biologica 51: 409–423. 

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