''Segestria'' is a

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of tube dwelling spiders that was first described by

Pierre André Latreille Pierre André Latreille (; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoology, zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained hi ...

in 1804.

Species

it contains 21 species and one subspecies, found mainly in

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, though some species are found in the Americas, two in

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, and one in

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and one in

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: * ''

Segestria bavarica ''Segestria'' may refer to: * ''Segestria'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Segestriidae * ''Segestria'' (fungus), a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Porinaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

'' C. L. Koch, 1843 — Europe to Azerbaijan * ''

Segestria bella ''Segestria'' may refer to: * ''Segestria'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Segestriidae * ''Segestria'' (fungus), a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Porinaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 — USA * '' Segestria cavernicola'' Kulczyński, 1915 — Italy * ''

Segestria croatica ''Segestria'' may refer to: * ''Segestria'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Segestriidae * ''Segestria'' (fungus), a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Porinaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

'' Doleschall, 1852 — Croatia * ''

Segestria danzantica ''Segestria'' may refer to: * ''Segestria'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Segestriidae * ''Segestria'' (fungus), a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Porinaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

'' Chamberlin, 1924 — Mexico * ''

Segestria davidi ''Segestria'' may refer to: * ''Segestria'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Segestriidae * ''Segestria'' (fungus), a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Porinaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

'' Simon, 1884 — Syria * ''

Segestria fengi ''Segestria'' may refer to: * ''Segestria'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Segestriidae * ''Segestria'' (fungus), a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Porinaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

'' (Fomichev & Marusik, 2020) — China * ''

Segestria florentina ''Segestria florentina'' is the biggest European segestriid spider. Some vernacular names are green-fanged tube web spider and cellar spider, although the latter is not exclusive to this species. Description Females can reach a body length of ...

'' (Rossi, 1790) (

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) — Europe to Georgia. Introduced to Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina * '' Segestria fusca'' Simon, 1882 — Portugal, Spain, France, Italy * ''

Segestria inda ''Segestria'' may refer to: * ''Segestria'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Segestriidae * ''Segestria'' (fungus), a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Porinaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

'' Simon, 1906 — India * ''

Segestria madagascarensis ''Segestria'' may refer to: * ''Segestria'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Segestriidae * ''Segestria'' (fungus), a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Porinaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

'' Keyserling, 1877 — Madagascar * ''

Segestria mirshamsii ''Segestria'' may refer to: * ''Segestria'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Segestriidae * ''Segestria'' (fungus), a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Porinaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

'' Marusik & Omelko, 2014 — Iran * ''

Segestria nekhaevae ''Segestria'' may refer to: * ''Segestria'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Segestriidae * ''Segestria'' (fungus), a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Porinaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

'' Fomichev & Marusik, 2020 — Tajikistan * ''

Segestria nipponica ''Segestria'' may refer to: * ''Segestria'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Segestriidae * ''Segestria'' (fungus), a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Porinaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

'' Kishida, 1913 — Japan * ''

Segestria pacifica ''Segestria pacifica'' is a species of tube web spiders in the family Segestriidae. It is found in the western United States and in British Columbia. It is brown and medium-large with "large, black, and shiny chelicerae The chelicerae () are the ...

'' Banks, 1891 — USA * ''

Segestria pusiola ''Segestria'' may refer to: * ''Segestria'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Segestriidae * ''Segestria'' (fungus), a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Porinaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

'' Simon, 1882 — Spain, France (Corsica), Algeria * ''

Segestria saeva ''Segestria'' may refer to: * ''Segestria'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Segestriidae * ''Segestria'' (fungus), a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Porinaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

'' Walckenaer, 1837 — New Zealand * ''

Segestria sbordonii ''Segestria'' may refer to: * ''Segestria'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Segestriidae * ''Segestria'' (fungus), a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Porinaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

'' Brignoli, 1984 — Greece (Crete) * ''

Segestria senoculata ''Segestria senoculata'', sometimes known as the snake-back spider, is a species of spider belonging to the family Segestriidae. It has a Palearctic distribution. The common names of this species (which has a body length of around 9 mm) re ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) — Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Japan ** ''

Segestria senoculata castrodunensis ''Segestria'' may refer to: * ''Segestria'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Segestriidae * ''Segestria'' (fungus), a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Porinaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

'' Gétaz, 1889 — Switzerland * '' Segestria shtoppelae'' Fomichev & Marusik, 2020 — Kazakhstan * ''

Segestria turkestanica ''Segestria'' may refer to: * ''Segestria'' (spider), a genus of spiders in the family Segestriidae * ''Segestria'' (fungus), a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Porinaceae {{genus disambiguation ...

'' Dunin, 1986 — Central Asia

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2524440 Araneomorphae genera Cosmopolitan spiders Segestriidae Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille

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