Savignia

Savignia
Savignia frontata (Bl.) figure 232
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Savignia Blackwall, 1833
Type species
S. frontata Blackwall, 1833
Species
23, see text
Synonyms
Cephalethus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947 Delorrhipis Simon, 1884

Savignia is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by John Blackwall in 1833. The name honors the French naturalist Marie Jules César Savigny.

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains twenty-three species, found in Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, the United States, on Comoros, in Western Australia, and Alaska:

• Savignia amurensis Eskov, 1991 – Russia
• Savignia badzhalensis Eskov, 1991 – Russia
• Savignia basarukini Eskov, 1988 – Russia
• Savignia birostrum (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) – Russia, China, USA (Alaska)
• Savignia borea Eskov, 1988 – Russia
• Savignia bureensis Tanasevitch & Trilikauskas, 2006 – Russia
• Savignia centrasiatica Eskov, 1991 – Russia
• Savignia erythrocephala (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
• Savignia eskovi Marusik, Koponen & Danilov, 2001 – Russia
• Savignia frontata Blackwall, 1833 (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia to Kazakhstan
• Savignia fronticornis (Simon, 1884) – Mediterranean
• Savignia harmsi Wunderlich, 1980 – Spain
• Savignia kartalensis Jocqué, 1985 – Comoros
• Savignia kawachiensis Oi, 1960 – Korea, Japan
• Savignia naniplopi Bosselaers & Henderickx, 2002 – Greece (Crete)
• Savignia producta Holm, 1977 – Scandinavia, Russia
• Savignia pseudofrontata Paik, 1978 – Korea
• Savignia rostellatra Song & Li, 2009 – China
• Savignia saitoi Eskov, 1988 – Russia
• Savignia superstes Thaler, 1984 – France
• Savignia ussurica Eskov, 1988 – Russia
• Savignia yasudai (Saito, 1986) – Japan
• Savignia zero Eskov, 1988 – Russia

References