Box kite spiders | |
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I. tabulata | |
I. cicatricosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: |
Isoxya Simon, 1885 |
Type species | |
I. cicatricosa (
C. L. Koch, 1844)
| |
Species | |
16, see text |
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 3 to 7 millimetres (0.12 to 0.28 in) across. [1] They have a sclerotised (or porcelain-like) abdomen which is typical of the Gasteracanthinae. [1]
As of April 2019 [update] it contains sixteen species: [2]
Media related to Isoxya at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Isoxya at Wikispecies
Box kite spiders | |
---|---|
I. tabulata | |
I. cicatricosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: |
Isoxya Simon, 1885 |
Type species | |
I. cicatricosa (
C. L. Koch, 1844)
| |
Species | |
16, see text |
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 3 to 7 millimetres (0.12 to 0.28 in) across. [1] They have a sclerotised (or porcelain-like) abdomen which is typical of the Gasteracanthinae. [1]
As of April 2019 [update] it contains sixteen species: [2]
Media related to Isoxya at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Isoxya at Wikispecies