Savignia

Savignia is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by John Blackwall in 1833. The name honors the French naturalist Marie Jules César Savigny.

Species

it contains twenty-three species, found in Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, the United States, on Comoros, in Western Australia, and Alaska:

• Savignia amurensis <small>Eskov, 1991</small> – Russia
• Savignia badzhalensis <small>Eskov, 1991</small> – Russia
• Savignia basarukini <small>Eskov, 1988</small> – Russia
• Savignia birostrum <small>(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947)</small> – Russia, China, USA (Alaska)
• Savignia borea <small>Eskov, 1988</small> – Russia
• Savignia bureensis <small> & Trilikauskas, 2006</small> – Russia
• Savignia centrasiatica <small>Eskov, 1991</small> – Russia
• Savignia erythrocephala <small>(Simon, 1908)</small> – Australia (Western Australia)
• Savignia eskovi <small>Marusik, Koponen & Danilov, 2001</small> – Russia
• Savignia frontata <small>Blackwall, 1833</small> (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia to Kazakhstan
• Savignia fronticornis <small>(Simon, 1884)</small> – Mediterranean
• Savignia harmsi <small>Wunderlich, 1980</small> – Spain
• Savignia kartalensis <small>, 1985</small> – Comoros
• Savignia kawachiensis <small>Oi, 1960</small> – Korea, Japan
• Savignia naniplopi <small>Bosselaers & Henderickx, 2002</small> – Greece (Crete)
• Savignia producta <small>Holm, 1977</small> – Scandinavia, Russia
• Savignia pseudofrontata <small>Paik, 1978</small> – Korea
• Savignia rostellatra <small>Song & Li, 2009</small> – China
• Savignia saitoi <small>Eskov, 1988</small> – Russia
• Savignia superstes <small>Thaler, 1984</small> – France
• Savignia ussurica <small>Eskov, 1988</small> – Russia
• Savignia yasudai <small>(Saito, 1986)</small> – Japan
• Savignia zero <small>Eskov, 1988</small> – Russia

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