World Spider Catalog

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Siwa Grasshoff, 1970 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01560

type Larinia atomaria O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Siwa lotan (Levy, 2007, T from Neoscona) = Siwa dufouri (Simon, 1874) (Zonstein, 2025b: 289)

Siwa ovata (Denis, 1947, T from Larinia) = Siwa atomaria (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) (Grasshoff, 1970b: 217)

Siwa atomaria (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) | | Egypt, Israel, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017065 TYPE SPECIES

Epeira atomaria O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 577, pl. 59, f. 9 (Dmf) Original description

Larinia atomaria Roewer, 1942a: 768

Larinia ovata Denis, 1947a: 47, pl. II, f. 7-9 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058005]

Siwa atomaria Grasshoff, 1970b: 217 (T from Larinia, S of Larinia ovata)

Siwa atomaria Grasshoff, 1970c: 409, f. 18a-f (mf)

Siwa atomaria Levy, 1986: 3, f. 1-9 (mf)

Siwa atomaria Zonstein, 2025b: 289, f. 1-13 (mf)

Siwa bidashkoi Ponomarev, 2026 | | Kazakhstan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067263

Siwa bidashkoi Ponomarev, in Ponomarev & Shmatko, 2026: 30, f. 1-4 (Dm) Original description

Siwa dufouri (Simon, 1874) | | Spain, France, Italy (Sardinia), Malta, Greece, Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017066

Larinia dufouri Simon, 1874a: 116, pl. 2, f. 5-6 (Df) Original description

Araneus dufouri Simon, 1929: 692, 762, f. 1070b, 1071b (Dm, f)

Araneus dufouri Grasshoff, 1970b: 218 (T from Larinia)

Siwa dufouri Levy, 1986: 3, f. 10-17 (mf, T from Araneus)

Siwa dufouri Melic, 2000c: 59, f. 1-3 (f)

Neoscona lotan Levy, 2007: 27, f. 70-74 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041050]

Siwa dufouri Wunderlich, 2011: 11, f. 10-13 (mf)

Siwa dufouri Dentici, 2018: 86, f. 4-6 (f)

Siwa dufouri Morano et al., 2021: 84, f. 4A (m)

Siwa dufouri Murphy, in Logunov, 2022a: 80, f. 5 (f)

Siwa dufouri Morano, 2023: 102, f. 112-115 (mf)

Siwa dufouri van Helsdingen & IJland, 2024: 6, f. 11-13 (f)

Siwa dufouri Zonstein, 2025b: 289, f. 14-22, 28-32 (mf, S of Neoscona lotan)