''Savignia'' is a

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of sheet weavers that was first described by

John Blackwall John Blackwall (20 January 1790 – 11 May 1881) was an English naturalist with a particular interest in spiders. Life Blackwall was born in Manchester on 20 January 1790. He lived at Hendre House near Llanrwst in north Wales from 1833 until ...

in 1833. The name honors the French naturalist

Marie Jules César Savigny Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (; 5 April 1777 – 5 October 1851) was a French zoologist and naturalist who served on Emperor Napoleon's Egypt expedition in 1798. He published descriptions of numerous taxa and was among the first to propo ...

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it contains twenty-three species, found in

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, the

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, in

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, and

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: *'' Savignia amurensis'' Eskov, 1991 – Russia *'' Savignia badzhalensis'' Eskov, 1991 – Russia *'' Savignia basarukini'' Eskov, 1988 – Russia *'' Savignia birostrum'' (

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& Ivie, 1947) – Russia, China, USA (Alaska) *'' Savignia borea'' Eskov, 1988 – Russia *'' Savignia bureensis'' Tanasevitch & Trilikauskas, 2006 – Russia *'' Savignia centrasiatica'' Eskov, 1991 – Russia *'' Savignia erythrocephala'' ( Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia) *'' Savignia eskovi'' Marusik, Koponen & Danilov, 2001 – Russia *'' Savignia frontata'' Blackwall, 1833 (

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) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia to Kazakhstan *'' Savignia fronticornis'' (Simon, 1884) – Mediterranean *'' Savignia harmsi'' Wunderlich, 1980 – Spain *'' Savignia kartalensis'' Jocqué, 1985 – Comoros *'' Savignia kawachiensis'' Oi, 1960 – Korea, Japan *'' Savignia naniplopi'' Bosselaers & Henderickx, 2002 – Greece (Crete) *'' Savignia producta'' Holm, 1977 – Scandinavia, Russia *''

Savignia pseudofrontata ''Savignia pseudofrontata'' is a species of sheet weaver found in Korea. It was first described by Paik Kap Yong in 1978. References Linyphiidae Endemic fauna of Korea Spiders of Korea Spiders described in 1978 Taxa named by Paik Kap ...

'' Paik, 1978 – Korea *'' Savignia rostellatra'' Song & Li, 2009 – China *'' Savignia saitoi'' Eskov, 1988 – Russia *'' Savignia superstes'' Thaler, 1984 – France *'' Savignia ussurica'' Eskov, 1988 – Russia *'' Savignia yasudai'' (Saito, 1986) – Japan *'' Savignia zero'' Eskov, 1988 – Russia

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Araneomorphae genera Linyphiidae Palearctic spiders Spiders of Asia Spiders of Australia Taxa named by John Blackwall {{Linyphiidae-stub

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