Savignia is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by John Blackwall in 1833. The name honors the French naturalist Marie Jules César Savigny.

Species

it contains twenty-three species, found in Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, the United States, on Comoros, in Western Australia, and Alaska:

• Savignia amurensis Eskov, 1991 – Russia

• Savignia badzhalensis Eskov, 1991 – Russia

• Savignia basarukini Eskov, 1988 – Russia

• Savignia birostrum (Chamberlin & 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 (type) – 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 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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