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Hypsosinga

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Hypsosinga is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871, with a wide global distribution.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyAraneidae
Observations recorded10,505

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
96
Family
Araneidae
Collections
ARC-PPRI, UAM
Recorded in
South Africa, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Araneidae
Image
Hypsosinga.sanguinea.female.2.-.tanikawa.jpg
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Commons category
Hypsosinga
taxon name
Hypsosinga
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Hypsosinga
taxonomic type
Hypsosinga sanguinea
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Distribution
  • Life style
  • Description
  • Etymology
  • Species
  • References
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Hypsosinga is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871, with a wide global distribution.

==Distribution== Most Hypsosinga species are found in Eurasia from Greenland to Japan, while a few occur in Africa and North America

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hypsosinga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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