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Segestria
Temporal range: Template:Fossil range
S. florentina
Scientific classification e
: [[Template:Taxonomy/Segestria]]
Latreille, 1804[1]
Type species
Aranea florentina
(Rossi, 1790)
Species

22, see text

Segestria is a genus of tube dwelling spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804.[2]

Species[edit | edit source]

As of September 2021 it contains 21 species and one subspecies, found mainly in Eurasia, though some species are found in the Americas, two in North Africa, and one in New Zealand and one in Madagascar:[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Segestria Latreille, 1804". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  2. Latreille, P. A. (1804). "Tableau methodique des Insectes". Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 24: 129–295.