Hypsosinga Explained

Hypsosinga is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.^[1] The genus name is derived from the Greek "hypso", meaning "high", referring to the higher clypeus than those of the genus Singa.^[2]

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.^[3]

Species

it contains twenty-one species:^[4]

• Hypsosinga alberta Levi, 1972 – Russia (East Siberia), Canada
• Hypsosinga alboria Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China
• Hypsosinga albovittata (Westring, 1851) – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Middle East, Central Asia
• Hypsosinga clax Oliger, 1993 – Russia (Far East)
• Hypsosinga funebris (Keyserling, 1892) – USA, Canada
• Hypsosinga groenlandica Simon, 1889 – USA, Canada, Greenland
• Hypsosinga heri (Hahn, 1831) – Europe, Caucasus, Israel, Russia (Europe to Central Asia, West Siberia), Central Asia, China
• Hypsosinga kazachstanica Ponomarev, 2007 – Kazakhstan
• Hypsosinga lithyphantoides Caporiacco, 1947 – Uganda, Kenya
  • Hypsosinga l. dealbata Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
• Hypsosinga luzhongxiani Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
• Hypsosinga pygmaea (Sundevall, 1831) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan
  • Hypsosinga p. nigra (Simon, 1909) – Vietnam
  • Hypsosinga p. nigriceps (Kulczyński, 1903) – Turkey
• Hypsosinga rubens (Hentz, 1847) – USA, Canada
• Hypsosinga sanguinea (C. L. Koch, 1844) – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan
• Hypsosinga satpuraensis Bodkhe, Uniyal & Kamble, 2016 – India
• Hypsosinga taprobanica (Simon, 1895) – Sri Lanka
• Hypsosinga turkmenica Bakhvalov, 1978 – Turkmenistan
• Hypsosinga vaulogeri (Simon, 1909) – Vietnam
• Hypsosinga wanica Song, Qian & Gao, 1996 – China

External links

Hypsosinga at BugGuide

Notes and References

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