Box kite spider
# Box kite spider

Box kite spiders (Isoxya) is a genus of Afrotropical orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1885. Like the spiny orb-weavers they have six prominent (but short) spines on their abdomen. They are small spiders, measuring 3 to 7 millimetres (0.12 to 0.28 in) across. They have a sclerotised (or porcelain-like) abdomen which is typical of the Gasteracanthinae.

## Species

As of April 2019 it contains sixteen species:

* Isoxya basilewskyi Benoit & Emerit, 1975 – Rwanda, Congo
* Isoxya cicatricosa (C. L. Koch, 1844) – Central, East, Southern Africa, Yemen
* Isoxya cowani (Butler, 1883) – Madagascar
* Isoxya mahafalensis Emerit, 1974 – Madagascar
* Isoxya milloti Emerit, 1974 – Madagascar
* Isoxya mossamedensis Benoit, 1962 – Angola
* Isoxya mucronata (Walckenaer, 1841) – Central, Southern Africa
* Isoxya nigromutica (Caporiacco, 1939) – East Africa
* Isoxya penizoides Simon, 1887 – West, Central, East Africa
* Isoxya reuteri (Lenz, 1886) – Madagascar
* Isoxya semiflava Simon, 1887 – West, Central Africa
* Isoxya somalica (Caporiacco, 1940) – Somalia
* Isoxya stuhlmanni (Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895) – Central, East, Southern Africa
* Isoxya tabulata (Thorell, 1859) – Central, East, Southern Africa
* Isoxya testudinaria (Simon, 1901) – West, Central, East Africa
* Isoxya yatesi Emerit, 1973 – South Africa
