World Spider Catalog

Segestriidae Simon, 1864

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: the authorship of the family is corrected from Simon, 1893a: 319 to Simon, 1864: 98 (sub Ségestriens) following the arguing by Marusik & Özkütük, 2026: 276; the French ending -iens was not accepted as taxon at familiar level by Bonnet, Platnick and in the WSC until 2026; raised to family level by Brignoli, 1976g: 30 (from subfamily of Dysderidae); the subfamily Ariadninae was raised to family level by Wunderlich, 2020c: 74, he showed in his diagnosis several differences between the taxa around Segestria and Ariadna, but he did not provide any convincing argument why these taxa should be elevated to family level; here is maintained the status of Ariadninae and Segestriinae as subfamilies of Segestriidae for reasons of stability.

Gen. Segestria Latreille, 1804 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00479

type Aranea florentina Rossi, 1790; gender feminine

Transferred to other genera:

Segestria catamarquensis Mello-Leitão, 1941 -- see Diguetia

Segestria cruzana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 -- see Citharoceps

Segestria garbiglietti Canestrini & Pavesi, 1870 -- see Ariadna

Segestria pusilla Nicolet, 1849 -- see Ariadna

Segestria raleighi (Hogg, 1900) -- see Gippsicola

In synonymy:

Segestria corvulus Jarocki, 1825 = Segestria senoculata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Prószyński & Staręga, 1971: 20)

Segestria gracilis Lucas, 1838 = Segestria florentina (Rossi, 1790) (Schmidt, 1990b: 10)

Segestria holmbergi Mello-Leitão, 1944 = Segestria florentina (Rossi, 1790) (Capocasale, 1998: 2, sub S. ruficeps)

Segestria komatsuana Kishida, 1939 = Segestria nipponica Kishida, 1913 (Yaginuma, 1986a: 25)

Segestria krausi Braun, 1963 = Segestria senoculata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Thaler & Knoflach, 2002b: 424)

Segestria ruficeps Guérin, 1832 = Segestria florentina (Rossi, 1790) (Giroti & Brescovit, 2011: 60)

Nomina dubia:

Segestria atrata C. Koch, 1874: 207 (Germany) -- Brignoli, 1976g: 49

Segestria lapidicola Simon, 1911b: 332 (j, Algeria, Tunisia) -- Brignoli, 1976g: 48

Segestria longipes C. Koch, 1874: 206 (Germany) -- Brignoli, 1976g: 49

Nomen nudum:

Segestria pantherina Doleschall, 1852: 626 (Croatia) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063758] -- Doleschall, 1852: 626, no description

Segestria bavarica C. L. Koch, 1843 | | Europe, Turkey, Caucasus urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004302

Segestria bavarica C. L. Koch, 1843: 93, f. 818 (Df) Original description

Segestria bavarica Westring, 1861: 298 (Dm)

Segestria bavarica Bertkau, 1875: 250, f. 12 (f)

Segestria bavarica Becker, 1896: 312, pl. 17, f. 18 (mf)

Segestria bavarica Bösenberg, 1902: 321, pl. 30, f. 475 (mf)

Segestria bavarica Lessert, 1910b: 43, f. 31-32, 34 (mf)

Segestria bavarica Harm, 1931: 630, f. 2, 5a-b, 6a-b, 7, 15-19 (m)

Segestria bavarica Drensky, 1938a: 102, f. 11b (m)

Segestria bavarica Locket & Millidge, 1951: 88, f. 44B-C, E (m)

Segestria bavarica Klein, 1953: 1, f. 2a, 3 (mf)

Segestria bavarica Wiehle, 1953: 30, f. 73-80 (mf)

Segestria bavarica Kekenbosch, 1955: 7, f. 4A-B (m)

Segestria bavarica Charitonov, 1956: 30, f. 28 (m)

Segestria bavarica Brændegaard, 1966: 77, f. 67-68 (m)

Segestria bavarica Loksa, 1969: 86, f. 59A-B, 60C-D (mf)

Segestria bavarica Tystshenko, 1971: 73, f. 106 (m)

Segestria bavarica Miller, 1971: 73, pl. V, f. 3 (m)

Segestria bavarica Brignoli, 1976g: 43, f. 15-17 (mf)

Segestria bavarica Ledoux & Canard, 1981: 11, f. 25 (m)

Segestria bavarica Pelzers & Vossen, 1984: 248, f. 2-3 (m)

Segestria bavarica Roberts, 1985: 62, f. 20b, e, g (m)

Segestria bavarica Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 48, f. 105 (m)

Segestria bavarica Roberts, 1995: 97, f. (m)

Segestria bavarica Mcheidze, 1997: 87, f. 91 (m)

Segestria bavarica Roberts, 1998: 99, f. (m)

Segestria bavarica Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 67, f. 27D-E (m)

Segestria bavarica Kovács & Szinetár, 2004: 234, f. 2 (m)

Segestria bavarica Almquist, 2006: 31, f. 68a-d (mf)

Segestria bavarica Le Peru, 2011: 165, f. 217 (mf)

Segestria bavarica Fomichev & Marusik, 2020a: 338, f. 6G, 7E (m)

Segestria bavarica Lauterbach & Imbusch, 2026: 17, f. 1c, 4a-g, 6a-c, 7a-c (mf)

Segestria bella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004303

Segestria bella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935b: 7, pl. 5, f. 34 (Dm) Original description

Segestria cavernicola Kulczyński, 1915 | | Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004304

Segestria cavernicola Kulczyński, 1915: 912 (Dm) Original description

Segestria cavernicola Brignoli, 1976g: 47 (doubtful species)

Segestria croatica Doleschall, 1852 | | Croatia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004305

Segestria croatica Doleschall, 1852: 640 (D) Original description

Segestria croatica Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1897: 263

Segestria croatica Kulczyński, 1915: 913 (Dmf)

Segestria croatica Brignoli, 1976g: 47 (doubtful species)

Segestria danzantica Chamberlin, 1924 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004307

Segestria danzantica Chamberlin, 1924b: 603 (Df) Original description

Segestria davidi Simon, 1884 | | Syria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004308

Segestria davidi Simon, 1884i: 190 (Df) Original description

Segestria fengi Fomichev & Marusik, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051767

Segestria bavarica Xu, 1987b: 26, f. A-D (m; misidentified per Fomichev & Marusik, 2020: 337)

Segestria fengi Fomichev & Marusik, 2020a: 337, f. 1A-B, 2A, 3A, 4A, 6D-F, 7F, 8A, 9A-D, 10A,D,G,L (Dmf) Original description

Segestria florentina (Rossi, 1790) | | Europe, North Africa, Jordan, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia (Europe), Georgia. Introduced to Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, St. Helena urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004309 TYPE SPECIES

Aranea subterranea Barbut, 1781: 343 (D; synonymy per Bonnet, dubious, but even if correct S. f. is amply protected by usage)

Aranea florentina Rossi, 1790: 133, pl. 9, f. 3 (D) Original description

Aranea perfida Walckenaer, 1802: 223 (Df)

Aranea cellaria Latreille, 1804a: 217 (D)

Segestria perfida Walckenaer, 1805: 48, pl. 5, f. 51-52

Segestria cellaria Latreille, 1806: 88

Segestria cellaris Dufour, 1824: 208, pl. 10, f. 5 (f) [lapsus for cellaria]

Segestria perfida Audouin, 1826: 306, pl. 1, f. 2 (mf)

Segestria florentina Hahn, 1831a: 6, f. 1 (f)

Segestria ruficeps Guérin, 1832: 8, pl. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004318]

Segestria gracilis Lucas, 1838: 24, pl. 6, f. 1 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057949]

Segestria florentina C. L. Koch, 1838b: 72, f. 385-387 (mf)

Segestria senoculata Lucas, 1846: 100, pl. 1, f. 9 (misidentification)

Segestria perfida Blackwall, 1864a: 373, pl. 28, f. 269 (f)

Segestria perfida Holmberg, 1875: 260 (D)

Segestria ruficeps Keyserling, 1877c: 221 (Dm)

Segestria florentina Becker, 1896: 313, pl. 17, f. 25 (mf)

Segestria florentina Harm, 1931: 631, f. 3 (m)

Segestria florentina Berland, 1932b: 273, f. 401 (m)

Segestria florentina Drensky, 1938a: 103, f. 11c (m)

Segestria holmbergi Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 322, f. 2-3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057950]

Segestria florentina Locket & Millidge, 1951: 88, f. 44D-E (m)

Segestria florentina Kekenbosch, 1955: 7, f. 5 (m)

Segestria florentina Charitonov, 1956: 29, f. 27 (m)

Segestria florentina Bristowe, 1958: 24, f. 3a (m)

Segestria florentina Brignoli, 1976g: 40, f. 8-14 (mf)

Segestria florentina Moore, 1977: 87, f. 10 (m)

Segestria florentina Kraus, 1978: 251, f. 20-21 (f)

Segestria florentina Roberts, 1985: 62, f. 20c, e, h (m)

Segestria florentina Schmidt, 1990b: 10 (S of Segestria gracilis)

Segestria florentina Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 48, f. 103 (m)

Segestria florentina Roberts, 1995: 97, f. (m)

Segestria florentina Mcheidze, 1997: 86, f. 89 (m)

Segestria florentina Roberts, 1998: 100, f. (m)

Segestria ruficeps Capocasale, 1998: 2, f. 1-11 (mf, S of Segestria holmbergi)

Segestria florentina Schult, 2004: 111, pl. 1A-B (m)

Segestria florentina Kovács & Szinetár, 2004: 234, f. 3-4 (m)

Segestria florentina Trotta, 2005: 149, f. 31 (m)

Segestria florentina Le Peru, 2011: 165, f. 220 (mf)

Segestria florentina Giroti & Brescovit, 2011: 60, f. 1-23 (mf, S of Segestria ruficeps)

Segestria florentina Ramírez, 2014: 252, f. 167F (f)

Segestria florentina Grismado & Izquierdo, 2014: 154, f. 7, 9, 13, 15a-b (mf)

Segestria florentina El-Hennawy, 2020a: 161, f. 1-2, 5-15 (m)

Segestria florentina El-Hennawy, 2020b: 317, f. 3-5 (m)

Segestria florentina Etriieki, Elmareme & Alfiteesi, 2024: 134, f. 2-7 (f)

Segestria florentina van Helsdingen, 2024a: 23, f. 1A-C (m)

Segestria florentina Lauterbach & Imbusch, 2026: 16, f. 1a-b, 5a-h, 6d-f, 7d-h (mf)

Segestria fusca Simon, 1882 | | Portugal, Spain, France, Italy urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004310

Segestria fusca Simon, 1882c: 206 (Dmf) Original description

Segestria fusca Berland, 1932b: 271, f. 392 (m)

Segestria fusca Le Peru, 2011: 166, f. 221 (m)

Segestria inda Simon, 1906 | j | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004311

Segestria inda Simon, 1906c: 279 (Dj) Original description

Segestria madagascarensis Keyserling, 1877 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004313

Segestria madagascarensis Keyserling, 1877b: 90 (Df) Original description

Segestria mirshamsii Marusik & Omelko, 2014 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047088

Segestria mirshamsii Marusik & Omelko, in Marusik et al., 2014a: 262, f. 7a-g (Df) Original description

Segestria nekhaevae Fomichev & Marusik, 2020 | | Tajikistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051766

Segestria nekhaevae Fomichev & Marusik, 2020a: 334, f. 3E, 4E, 8C,F,I-J, 11A-C (Df) Original description

Segestria nipponica Kishida, 1913 | | Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004314

Segestria nipponica Kishida, 1913e: 42, pl. 1, f. 1-4 (Dm) Original description

Segestria komatsuana Kishida, in Komatsu, 1939: 101, pl. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057951]

Segestria komatsuana Yaginuma, 1971: 27, pl. 5, f. 21 (f)

Segestria nipponica Yaginuma, 1986a: 25 (S of Segestria komatsuana; m f. 16.6b see Ariadna insulicola)

Orchestina okitsui Yaginuma, 1986a: 28, f. 16.8 (m; misidentified per Suzuki, 2026d: 19)

Segestria nipponica Chikuni, 1989b: 25, f. 3 (m)

Segestria nipponica Ono, 2009a: 99, f. 6-8 (m)

Segestria nipponica Fomichev & Marusik, 2020a: 643, f. 6A-C (m)

Segestria pacifica Banks, 1891 | ? | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004315

Segestria pacifica Banks, 1891c: 209 (D) Original description

Segestria pamirica Fomichev, 2024 | | Tajikistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061926

Segestria pamirica Fomichev, 2024b: 582, f. 10-19 (Df) Original description

Segestria pusiola Simon, 1882 | | Portugal, Spain, France (Corsica), Italy (Sicily), Greece, Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004317

Segestria pusiola Simon, 1882c: 206 (Dmf) Original description

Segestria pusiola Simon, 1893a: 320, f. 284 (m)

Segestria pusiola Febrer & Barrientos, 2021: 112, f. 4a-b (m)

Segestria pusiola Bosmans & Gavalas, 2023: 30, f. 16A-F (m)

Segestria saeva Walckenaer, 1837 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004319

Segestria saeva Walckenaer, 1837: 269 (Df) Original description

Gippsicola sp. Forster & Platnick, 1985: 213, f. 828 (m; here per Giroti & Brescovit, 2017: 391, 405)

Segestria sbordonii Brignoli, 1984 | | Greece (Crete) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004320

Segestria sbordonii Brignoli, 1984b: 282, f. 6 (Dm) Original description

Segestria sbordonii Le Peru, 2011: 166, f. 223 (m)

Segestria senoculata (Linnaeus, 1758) | | Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004321

Aranea senoculata Linnaeus, 1758: 622 (D) Original description

Aranea scopulorum Fabricius, 1779: 317 (D)

Aranea senoculata De Geer, 1783: 258, pl. 15, f. 5-10

Segestria senoculata Walckenaer, 1805: 48

Segestria corvulus Jarocki, 1825: 339 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057948]

Segestria senoculata Hahn, 1831a: 6, f. 2 (mf)

Segestria senoculata C. L. Koch, 1838b: 75, f. 388 (m)

Segestria senoculata Blackwall, 1864a: 374, pl. 28, f. 270 (mf)

Segestria senoculata Menge, 1872: 300, pl. 54, f. 172 (mf)

Segestria senoculata Becker, 1896: 10, pl. 17, f. 19 (mf)

Segestria senoculata Bösenberg, 1902: 321, pl. 30, f. 476 (mf)

Segestria senoculata Engelhardt, 1910: 84, f. 31-32 (f)

Segestria senoculata Lessert, 1910b: 44, f. 33, 35 (mf)

Segestria senoculata Gerhardt, 1921: 245, pl. 1, f. 1 (m)

Segestria senoculata Reimoser, 1929c: 64, f. 9 (mf)

Segestria senoculata Harm, 1931: 630, f. 1 (m)

Segestria senoculata Drensky, 1938a: 102, f. 11a (m)

Segestria senoculata Gerhardt, 1944: 12, f. 5 (m)

Segestria senoculata Chrysanthus, 1949b: 350, f. 4 (m)

Segestria senoculata Locket & Millidge, 1951: 87, f. 39, 44A, F (m)

Segestria senoculata Wiehle, 1953: 28, f. 68-72 (mf)

Segestria senoculata Kekenbosch, 1955: 7, f. 3 (m)

Segestria senoculata Charitonov, 1956: 29, f. 26 (m)

Segestria krausi Braun, 1963b: 114, f. 4-6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004312]

Segestria senoculata Brændegaard, 1966: 75, f. 64-66 (m)

Segestria senoculata Wiehle, 1967c: 198, f. 1 (m)

Segestria senoculata Loksa, 1969: 85, f. 58, 60A-B (mf)

Segestria senoculata Prószyński & Staręga, 1971: 20 (S of Segestria corvulus)

Segestria senoculata Traciuc, 1971: 21, f. 3 (m)

Segestria senoculata Grasshoff, 1973b: 133, f. 3 (m)

Segestria senoculata Punda, 1975b: 25, f. 28-29 (m)

Segestria senoculata Brignoli, 1976g: 44, f. 18-19 (mf)

Segestria senoculata Palmgren, 1977a: 26, f. 5.1-2 (m)

Segestria senoculata Müller, 1982a: 247, f. 1 (m)

Segestria senoculata Schult, 1983a: 79, f. 15 (m)

Segestria senoculata Roberts, 1985: 62, f. 20a, d, f (m)

Segestria senoculata Lehtinen, 1986: 153, f. 4

Segestria senoculata Nørgaard, 1991: 5, f. a (m)

Segestria senoculata Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 48, f. 104 (m)

Segestria senoculata Roberts, 1995: 96, f. (m)

Segestria senoculata Mcheidze, 1997: 87, f. 90 (m)

Segestria senoculata Roberts, 1998: 99, f. (m)

Segestria senoculata Thaler & Knoflach, 2002b: 424 (S of Segestria krausi)

Segestria senoculata Schult, 2004: 108, f. 6, pl. 1C-E (mf)

Segestria senoculata Kovács & Szinetár, 2004: 234, f. 1 (m)

Segestria senoculata Almquist, 2006: 32, f. 69a-f (mf)

Segestria senoculata Jocqué & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2006: 224, f. 89a-e (m)

Segestria senoculata Ono, 2009a: 99, f. 9-10 (m)

Segestria senoculata Le Peru, 2011: 166, f. 224 (mf)

Segestria senoculata Marusik & Kovblyuk, 2011: 275, f. 43.1-5 (m)

Segestria senoculata Kunt et al., 2012: 648, f. 15A-D (m)

Segestria senoculata Marusik et al., 2014a: 262, f. 7h-i (f)

Segestria senoculata castrodunensis Gétaz, 1889 | | Switzerland urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004322

Segestria senoculata castrodunensis Gétaz, 1889: 64 (Df) Original description

Segestria shtoppelae Fomichev & Marusik, 2020 | | Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051765

Segestria shtoppelae Fomichev & Marusik, 2020a: 331, f. 1C-D, 2C, 3B, 4C, 5A-B, 7A-B,D, 8B,D, 9E-I, 10B,E,H-I,M-N (Dmf) Original description

Segestria turkestanica Dunin, 1986 | | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:004323

Segestria turkestanica Dunin, 1986: 329, f. 1-7 (Dmf) Original description

Segestria turkestanica Fomichev & Marusik, 2020a: 333, f. 1E-F, 2B, 3D, 4D, 5C-D, 7C, 8E, G-H, 9J-L, 10C, F, J-K, O (mf)