''Singa'', also called striped orb-weavers,
is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
orb-weaver spiders first described by
C. L. Koch
Carl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and common house spider. He was born ...
in 1836.
They are small for orb-weavers, reaching or less in body length, excluding the legs.
Species
it contains twenty-eight species:
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Singa albobivittata''
Caporiacco, 1947 – Tanzania
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Singa albodorsata''
Kauri, 1950 – South Africa
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Singa alpigena''
Yin, Wang & Li, 1983 – China
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Singa alpigenoides''
Song & Zhu, 1992 – China
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Singa ammophila''
Levy, 2007 – Israel
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Singa aussereri''
Thorell, 1873 – Europe
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Singa bifasciata''
Schenkel, 1936 – China
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Singa chota''
Tikader, 1970 – India
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Singa concinna
Singa may refer to:
Places
* Singa (Haida village), a historical village on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
* Singa, Estonia, a village in Mõniste Parish, Võru County
* Singa, Nepal
* Singa District, Huamalíes Province, Peru
** Singa, ...
''
Karsch, 1884 – São Tomé and Príncipe
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Singa cruciformis''
Yin, Peng & Wang, 1994 – China
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Singa cyanea''
(Worley, 1928) – USA
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Singa eugeni
''Singa eugeni'' is a species of orb weaver in the family of spiders known as Araneidae. It is found in the United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a cou ...
''
Levi
Levi (; ) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's third son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi (the Levites, including the Kohanim) and the great-grandfather of Aaron, Moses and M ...
, 1972 – USA
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Singa haddooensis
Singa may refer to:
Places
* Singa (Haida village), a historical village on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
* Singa, Estonia, a village in Mõniste Parish, Võru County
* Singa, Nepal
* Singa District, Huamalíes Province, Peru
** Singa, ...
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Tikader, 1977 – India (Andaman Is.)
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Singa hamata''
(Clerck, 1757) (
type) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Caucasus to Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan
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Singa hilira
Singa may refer to:
Places
* Singa (Haida village), a historical village on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
* Singa, Estonia, a village in Mõniste Parish, Võru County
* Singa, Nepal
* Singa District, Huamalíes Province, Peru
** Singa, ...
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Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
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Singa kansuensis
Singa may refer to:
Places
* Singa (Haida village), a historical village on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
* Singa, Estonia, a village in Mõniste Parish, Võru County
* Singa, Nepal
* Singa District, Huamalíes Province, Peru
** Singa, ...
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Schenkel, 1936 – China
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Singa keyserlingi
''Singa keyserlingi'' is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae
Orb-weaver spiders are members of the spider family Araneidae. They are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fiel ...
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McCook, 1894 – USA, Canada
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Singa lawrencei
Singa may refer to:
Places
* Singa (Haida village), a historical village on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
* Singa, Estonia, a village in Mõniste Parish, Võru County
* Singa, Nepal
* Singa District, Huamalíes Province, Peru
** Singa, ...
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(Lessert, 1930) – Congo
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Singa leucoplagiata
Singa may refer to:
Places
* Singa (Haida village), a historical village on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
* Singa, Estonia, a village in Mõniste Parish, Võru County
* Singa, Nepal
* Singa District, Huamalíes Province, Peru
** Singa, ...
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(Simon
Simon may refer to:
People
* Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon
* Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon
* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, 1899) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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Singa lucina''
( Audouin, 1826) – Mediterranean to Central Asia
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S. l. eburnea''
(Simon, 1929) – Algeria, Tunisia
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Singa myrrhea
Singa may refer to:
Places
* Singa (Haida village), a historical village on Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
* Singa, Estonia, a village in Mõniste Parish, Võru County
* Singa, Nepal
* Singa District, Huamalíes Province, Peru
** Singa, ...
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(Simon, 1895) – India
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Singa neta''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and work
Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...
, 1872) – Mediterranean, Iraq
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Singa nitidula''
C. L. Koch, 1844 – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Caucasus to Central Asia
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Singa perpolita''
(Thorell, 1892) – Singapore
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Singa semiatra''
L. Koch
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist.
He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicin ...
, 1867 – Mediterranean, Ukraine, Russia (Europe), Iraq, Iran
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Singa simoniana''
Costa, 1885 – Italy (Sardinia)
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Singa theodori''
(Thorell, 1894) – Indonesia (Java)
See also
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Hypsosinga''
References
Araneidae
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