Siwa (spider)

Siwa
S. dufouri in Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Siwa Grasshoff, 1970 [1]
Type species
S. atomaria (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876)
Species
S. atomaria(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) S. dufouri(Simon, 1874)

Siwa is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Manfred Grasshoff in 1970. ^{[2] [1]}

Species

As of January 2026 ^[update] , this genus includes two species: ^[1]

• Siwa atomaria (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Egypt, Israel, Azerbaijan, Iran
• Siwa dufouri (Simon, 1874) – Spain, France, Italy (Sardinia), Malta, Greece, Algeria

References

1. "Gen. Grasshoff, 1970". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2026-01-23.
2. Grasshoff, M. (1970). "Die Tribus Mangorini. II. Die neuen Gattungen Siwa, Paralarinia, Faradja, Mahembea und Lariniaria (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae-Araneinae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 51: 409–423.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Siwa at iNaturalist