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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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