Box kite spider
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| I. tabulata | |
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| Genus: | Isoxya Simon, 1885
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| 16 species | |
Box kite spiders is a common name for the Afrotropical Isoxya genus of orb-weaver spiders. Like the Spiny orb-weavers they have six prominent (but short) spines on their abdomen. They are small spiders, measuring 3 to 7 mm across.[1] They have a sclerotised (or porcelain-like) abdomen which is typical of the Gastricanthinae.[1]
Species
The species include:[2]
- Isoxya basilewskyi Benoit & Emerit, 1975 — Rwanda, Congo
- Isoxya cicatricosa (C. L. Koch, 1844) — Central, East, Southern Africa, Yemen
- Isoxya cowani (Butler, 1882) — Madagascar
- Isoxya mahafalensis Emerit, 1974 — Madagascar
- Isoxya milloti Emerit, 1974 — Madagascar
- Isoxya mossamedensis Benoit, 1962 — Angola
- Isoxya mucronata (Walckenaer, 1842) — 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
References
- ^ a b Larsen, Norman. "Isoxya (box kite spiders)". biodiversity explorer. iziko museums. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
- ^ Platnick, Norman I. "genus: Isoxya". The World Spider Catalog, Version 13.5. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
External links
Media related to Isoxya at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Isoxya at Wikispecies