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Hypsosinga

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Hypsosinga
Hypsosinga albovittata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Hypsosinga
Ausserer, 1871[1]
Type species
H. sanguinea
(C. L. Koch, 1844)
Species

21, see text

Hypsosinga is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.[2] The genus name is derived from the Greek "hypso", meaning "high", referring to the higher clypeus than those of the genus Singa.[3]

In 2015, female Hypsosinga heri spiders were identified at the RSPB Radipole Lake nature reserve in Dorset, England. The previous recorded sightings of the species in the UK were in 1898 and 1912 at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire.[4]

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains twenty-one species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Hypsosinga Ausserer, 1871". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. ^ Ausserer, A. (1871). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 21: 117–224.
  3. ^ "Genus Hypsosinga". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  4. ^ "'Extinct' Hypsosinga heri spider found in Dorset reserve". BBC News Online. 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
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"Hypsosinga" at the Encyclopedia of Life
Hypsosinga at BugGuide