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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Singa

Genus Singa

Classification · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
Orb Weaver with prey - Singa eugeni Singa keyserlingi - female spider sp. - Singa Singa? - Singa eugeni Singa? - Singa eugeni Unknown spider - Singa eugeni - male Singa eugeni - female Singa sp. - Singa - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)
Genus Singa
Pronunciation
SING-uh
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
C. L. Koch, 1836
Numbers
There are 3 species in BugGuide's range (North America north of Mexico) [as of October 2012(1)]
Size
These are smallish orbweavers; typically 6mm or less in body length (excluding legs).
Range
cyanea: only the female has been described; and in published literature, only the type locality is given - Haigler, Nebraska.(2)
eugeni: Wisconsin to Pennsylvania, south to Georgia.(3)
keyserlingi: interior British Columbia to Quebec, south to Missouri and northern Alabama.(3)
See Also
Hypsosinga
Print References
(in addition to the works cited)
Levi, H. W., 1972a. The orb-weaver genera Singa and Hypsosinga in America (Araneae: Araneidae). Psyche, Camb. 78: 229-256. (PDF here: psyche.entclub.org)
Works Cited
1.The World Spider Catalog by Norman I. Platnick
2.New Nebraska spiders
Leonard G. Worley. 1928. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 21(4): 619-622.
3.The Orb-weaving Spiders of Canada and Alaska - The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 23
Dondale, C.D., J.H. Redner, P, Paquin and H.W. Levi. 2003. NRC Research Press.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 18 July, 2010 - 11:26pm
Additional contributions by cheins, Mandy Howe
Last updated 19 August, 2022 - 2:36pm

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