''Segestria'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of tube dwelling spiders that was first described by

Pierre André Latreille Pierre André Latreille (; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained his freedom ...

in 1804.

Species

it contains 21 species and one subspecies, found mainly in

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, though some species are found in the

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, two in

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, and one in

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and one in

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: * '' Segestria bavarica'' C. L. Koch, 1843 — Europe to Azerbaijan * '' Segestria bella'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 — USA * '' Segestria cavernicola'' Kulczyński, 1915 — Italy * '' Segestria croatica'' Doleschall, 1852 — Croatia * '' Segestria danzantica'' Chamberlin, 1924 — Mexico * '' Segestria davidi'' Simon, 1884 — Syria * '' Segestria fengi'' (Fomichev & Marusik, 2020) — China * ''

Segestria florentina ''Segestria florentina'' is the biggest European segestriid spider. Some vernacular names are green-fanged tube web spider and cellar spider, although the latter is not exclusive to this species. Description Females can reach a body length of 2 ...

'' (Rossi, 1790) ( type) — Europe to Georgia. Introduced to Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina * '' Segestria fusca'' Simon, 1882 — Portugal, Spain, France, Italy * '' Segestria inda'' Simon, 1906 — India * '' Segestria madagascarensis'' Keyserling, 1877 — Madagascar * '' Segestria mirshamsii'' Marusik & Omelko, 2014 — Iran * '' Segestria nekhaevae'' Fomichev & Marusik, 2020 — Tajikistan * '' Segestria nipponica'' Kishida, 1913 — Japan * '' Segestria pacifica'' Banks, 1891 — USA * '' Segestria pusiola'' Simon, 1882 — Spain, France (Corsica), Algeria * '' Segestria saeva'' Walckenaer, 1837 — New Zealand * '' Segestria sbordonii'' Brignoli, 1984 — Greece (Crete) * '' Segestria senoculata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Japan ** '' Segestria senoculata castrodunensis'' Gétaz, 1889 — Switzerland * '' Segestria shtoppelae'' Fomichev & Marusik, 2020 — Kazakhstan * '' Segestria turkestanica'' Dunin, 1986 — Central Asia

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2524440 Araneomorphae genera Cosmopolitan spiders Segestriidae Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille

Species

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