Araneidae: Singa C. L. Koch, 1836

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 Tarsus, tibia and patella III and IV distally darkened; legs (at least III and IV) therefore darkly annulated; opisthosoma with 2 dark brown to black longitudinal bands, broken by transverse stripes in the middle, the transverse stripes reaching from median band to the bright sides; male pedipalp with strongly bent hook on base of long and pointed process; scapus of epigyne not reaching beyond lateral parts posteriorly

Singa hamata (Clerck, 1757)
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male Pedipalp
(Loksa 1972)

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male Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)

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male Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)

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female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1931)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
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Habitus
(Wiehle 1931)

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Habitus
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
- Legs III-IV at most tarsus and tibia darkened, but mostly completely bright; dark longitudinal stripes on opisthosoma not broken or ± lacking

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 Tarsus and tibia of legs III-IV often somewhat darkened; longitudinal stripes on opisthosoma only partly broken; male pedipalp on base of stout and long process with a sickle-shaped tip, bent away from cymbium; scapus of epigyne reaching beyond lateral parts posteriorly

Singa nitidula C. L. Koch, 1844
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male Pedipalp
(Aakra 2005)

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male Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)

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female Epigyne, aboral view
(Thaler 1991b)
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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Thaler 1991b)

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Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Wiehle 1931)

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1. Singa lucina (Audouin, 1826)
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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy 1991)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1991)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1991)
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male Pedipalp, apical view
(Levy 1991)

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male Tibia II
(Levy 1991)

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female Epigyne
(Loksa 1972)
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female Habitus
(Loksa 1972)

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2. Singa lucina eburnea (Simon, 1929)
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3. Singa neta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy 1984)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1984)

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male Pedipalp, apical view
(Levy 1984)
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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Zamani et al. 2021)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Zamani et al. 2021)

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male Pedipalp, ventro-retrolateral view
(Zamani et al. 2021)
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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1984)

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female Epigyne, lifted, posterior view
(Levy 1984)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Levy 1984)
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female Epigyne, anterior view
(Morano & Ferrández 1986)

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female Epigyne, posterior view
(Morano & Ferrández 1986)

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female Vulva, anterior view
(Morano & Ferrández 1986)
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female Vulva, posterior view
(Morano & Ferrández 1986)

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female Prosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1984)

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female Prosoma, lateral view
(Levy 1984)
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female Prosoma, frontal view
(Levy 1984)

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female Eyes, antero-dorsal view
(Levy 1984)

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female Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1984)
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female Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Levy 1984)

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female Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1984)

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female Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Levy 1984)
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female Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1984)

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female Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Levy 1984)

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4. Singa semiatra L. Koch, 1867
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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy 1984)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy 1984)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy 1984)
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male Pedipalp, apical view
(Levy 1984)

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male Habitus, dorsal view
(Levy 1984)

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female Epigyne
(Simon 1929)
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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1984)

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female Epigyne, lifted, posterior view
(Levy 1984)

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female Epigyne
(Ponomarev et al. 2021b)
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female Epigyne, caudal view
(Seropian et al. 2023a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Seropian et al. 2023a)

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female Vulva, caudal view
(Seropian et al. 2023a)
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female Vulva, ventral view
(Seropian et al. 2023a)

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female Prosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1984)

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female Prosoma, lateral view
(Levy 1984)
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female Prosoma, frontal view
(Levy 1984)

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female Eyes, antero-dorsal view
(Levy 1984)

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female Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1984)
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female Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Levy 1984)

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female Habitus, dorsal view
(Ponomarev et al. 2021b)

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female Habitus, dorsal view
(Seropian et al. 2023a)

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5. Singa simoniana Costa, 1885
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