Singa semiatra L. Koch, 1867
Description
Female
Prosoma and sternum black. Chelicerae with 4 teeth on promargin and 3 teeth on retromargin. Legs yellowish brown. Opisthosoma: dorsum with a light reddish median band and two broader, darker lateral bands.
Body length female: 6.5 mmDistribution
Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy 1984)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1984)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1984)
Pedipalp, apical view
(Levy 1984)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Levy 1984)
Epigyne
(Simon 1929)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1984)
Epigyne, lifted, posterior view
(Levy 1984)
Epigyne
(Ponomarev et al. 2021b)
Epigyne, caudal view
(Seropian et al. 2023a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Seropian et al. 2023a)
Vulva, caudal view
(Seropian et al. 2023a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Seropian et al. 2023a)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1984)
Prosoma, lateral view
(Levy 1984)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Levy 1984)
Eyes, antero-dorsal view
(Levy 1984)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1984)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Levy 1984)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Ponomarev et al. 2021b)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Seropian et al. 2023a)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018)
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Elkrew H, Hamza A, Ghana S, Shaibi T, Swehli A I, Elmareme H, Ahmad A (2024) Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Libya. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences 22: 19346-19369
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Kovblyuk M M, Kastrygina Z A (2015b) Updated catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Crimea. Ukainska Entomofaunistyka 6(2): 1-81
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Levy G (1984) The spider genera Singa and Hypsosinga (Araneae, Araneidae) in Israel. Zoologica Scripta 13: 121-133
Naumova M, Blagoev G, Deltshev D (2021) Fifty spider species new to the Bulgarian fauna, with a review of some dubious species (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 4984: 228-257
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Ponomarev A V, Alekseev S K, Komarov Y E, Shmatko V Y (2021b) Spiders (Aranei) of the Terek River valley in Mozdok District of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 17: 351-374
Ponomarev A V, Prokopenko E V, Shmatko, V Y (2017c) New and interesting records of spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) from the southeastern part of the Russian Plain. Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society in St. Petersburg 88: 103-117
Seropian A, Otto S, Bulbulashvili N (2023a) Picking pearls from the Silk Road: insights into the spider (Arthropoda, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the CaBOL project. Part I. Caucasiana 2: 143-159
Simon E (1929) Les arachnides de France 6 (3). Paris (Roret): 533-772
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
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