Box kite spider

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Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Family Araneidae		Phylum Arthropoda Order Araneae Rank Genus

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Box kite spiders is a common name for the Afrotropical Isoxya genus of orb-weaver spiders. Like the Spiny orb-weavers they have six prominent (but short) spines on their abdomen. They are small spiders, measuring 3 to 7 mm across. They have a sclerotised (or porcelain-like) abdomen which is typical of the Gastricanthinae.

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Species

The species include:

Isoxya basilewskyi Benoit & Emerit, 1975 — Rwanda, Congo

Isoxya cicatricosa (C. L. Koch, 1844) — Central, East, Southern Africa, Yemen

Isoxya cowani (Butler, 1882) — Madagascar

Isoxya mahafalensis Emerit, 1974 — Madagascar

Isoxya milloti Emerit, 1974 — Madagascar

Isoxya mossamedensis Benoit, 1962 — Angola

Isoxya mucronata (Walckenaer, 1842) — Central, Southern Africa

Isoxya nigromutica (Caporiacco, 1939) — East Africa

Isoxya penizoides Simon, 1887 — West, Central, East Africa

Isoxya reuteri (Lenz, 1886) — Madagascar

Isoxya semiflava Simon, 1887 — West, Central Africa

Isoxya somalica (Caporiacco, 1940) — Somalia

Isoxya stuhlmanni (Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895) — Central, East, Southern Africa

Isoxya tabulata (Thorell, 1859) — Central, East, Southern Africa

Isoxya testudinaria (Simon, 1901) — West, Central, East Africa

Isoxya yatesi Emerit, 1973 — South Africa

References

Box kite spider Wikipedia

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