Box kite spider

Box kite spiders (Isoxya) is a genus of Afrotropical orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1885. Like the spiny orb-weavers they have six prominent (but short) spines on their abdomen. They are small spiders, measuring 3 to 7 millimetres (0.12 to 0.28 in) across.[1] They have a sclerotised (or porcelain-like) abdomen which is typical of the Gastricanthinae.[1]

Box kite spiders
I. tabulata
I. cicatricosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Isoxya
Simon, 1885
Type species
I. cicatricosa
(C. L. Koch, 1844)
Species

16, see text

Species

As of April 2019 it contains sixteen species:[2]

  • Isoxya basilewskyi Benoit & Emerit, 1975 – Rwanda, Congo
  • Isoxya cicatricosa (C. L. Koch, 1844) – Central, East, Southern Africa, Yemen
  • Isoxya cowani (Butler, 1883) – Madagascar
  • Isoxya mahafalensis Emerit, 1974 – Madagascar
  • Isoxya milloti Emerit, 1974 – Madagascar
  • Isoxya mossamedensis Benoit, 1962 – Angola
  • Isoxya mucronata (Walckenaer, 1841) – Central, Southern Africa
  • Isoxya nigromutica (Caporiacco, 1939) – East Africa
  • Isoxya penizoides Simon, 1887 – West, Central, East Africa
  • Isoxya reuteri (Lenz, 1886) – Madagascar
  • Isoxya semiflava Simon, 1887 – West, Central Africa
  • Isoxya somalica (Caporiacco, 1940) – Somalia
  • Isoxya stuhlmanni (Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895) – Central, East, Southern Africa
  • Isoxya tabulata (Thorell, 1859) – Central, East, Southern Africa
  • Isoxya testudinaria (Simon, 1901) – West, Central, East Africa
  • Isoxya yatesi Emerit, 1973 – South Africa
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References

  1. Larsen, Norman. "Isoxya (box kite spiders)". biodiversity explorer. iziko museums. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  2. "Gen". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.

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