Siwa (spider)

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]

Siwa
Scientific classification
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
  • S. dufouri (Simon, 1874) — Western Mediterranean

References
  1. "Gen. Siwa Grasshoff, 1970". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 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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