Segestria (spider)

Segestria is a genus of tube dwelling spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804.

Species

it contains 21 species and one subspecies, found mainly in Eurasia, though some species are found in the Americas, two in North Africa, and one in New Zealand and one in Madagascar:

• Segestria bavarica <small>C. L. Koch, 1843</small> — Europe to Azerbaijan
• Segestria bella <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935</small> — USA
• Segestria cavernicola <small>Kulczyński, 1915</small> — Italy
• Segestria croatica <small>Doleschall, 1852</small> — Croatia
• Segestria danzantica <small>Chamberlin, 1924</small> — Mexico
• Segestria davidi <small>Simon, 1884</small> — Syria
• Segestria fengi <small>( & Marusik, 2020)</small> — China
• Segestria florentina <small>(Rossi, 1790)</small> (type) — Europe to Georgia. Introduced to Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
• Segestria fusca <small>Simon, 1882</small> — Portugal, Spain, France, Italy
• Segestria inda <small>Simon, 1906</small> — India
• Segestria madagascarensis <small>Keyserling, 1877</small> — Madagascar
• Segestria mirshamsii <small>Marusik & , 2014</small> — Iran
• Segestria nekhaevae <small>Fomichev & Marusik, 2020</small> — Tajikistan
• Segestria nipponica <small>Kishida, 1913</small> — Japan
• Segestria pacifica <small>Banks, 1891</small> — USA
• Segestria pusiola <small>Simon, 1882</small> — Spain, France (Corsica), Algeria
• Segestria saeva <small>Walckenaer, 1837</small> — New Zealand
• Segestria sbordonii <small>Brignoli, 1984</small> — Greece (Crete)
• Segestria senoculata <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> — Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Japan
• Segestria senoculata castrodunensis <small>Gétaz, 1889</small> — Switzerland
• Segestria shtoppelae <small>Fomichev & Marusik, 2020</small> — Kazakhstan
• Segestria turkestanica <small>Dunin, 1986</small> — Central Asia

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