Box kite spiders (''Isoxya'') is a
genus of
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
orb-weaver spiders first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...
in 1885. Like the
spiny orb-weavers they have six prominent (but short) spines on their
abdomen. They are small spiders, measuring across.
They have a sclerotised (or porcelain-like) abdomen which is typical of the
Gastricanthinae.
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Species
it contains sixteen species:Isoxya basilewskyi
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 acro ...
'' Benoit & Emerit, 1975 – Rwanda, Congo
*''Isoxya cicatricosa
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 acro ...
'' (C. L. Koch, 1844) – Central, East, Southern Africa, Yemen
*'' Isoxya cowani'' (Butler
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, 1883) – Madagascar
*''Isoxya mahafalensis
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 acro ...
'' Emerit, 1974 – Madagascar
*''Isoxya milloti
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 acro ...
'' Emerit, 1974 – Madagascar
*''Isoxya mossamedensis
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 acro ...
'' Benoit, 1962 – Angola
*''Isoxya mucronata
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 acro ...
'' ( Walckenaer, 1841) – Central, Southern Africa
*''Isoxya nigromutica
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 acro ...
'' (Caporiacco
Ludovico di Caporiacco (22 January 1900, in Udine – 18 July 1951, in Parma) was an Italian arachnologist.
Caporiacco took part in an expedition to the Jebel Uweinat, a mountain massif in the boundary region of Sudan, Libya, and Egypt. On t ...
, 1939) – East Africa
*''Isoxya penizoides
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 acro ...
'' Simon, 1887 – West, Central, East Africa
*''Isoxya reuteri
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 acro ...
'' (Lenz, 1886) – Madagascar
*''Isoxya semiflava
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 acro ...
'' Simon, 1887 – West, Central Africa
*''Isoxya somalica
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 acro ...
'' (Caporiacco, 1940) – Somalia
*''Isoxya stuhlmanni
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 acr ...
'' (Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895) – Central, East, Southern Africa
*''Isoxya tabulata
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 acro ...
'' ( Thorell, 1859) – Central, East, Southern Africa
*''Isoxya testudinaria
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 acro ...
'' (Simon, 1901) – West, Central, East Africa
*''Isoxya yatesi
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 acro ...
'' Emerit, 1973 – South Africa
References
External links
Araneidae
Spiders of Africa
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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