Savarna

For the members of one of the four traditional Hindu varnas, see Varna (Hinduism), Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra.

Savarna
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pholcidae
Genus:	Savarna Huber, 2005[1]
Type species
S. thaleban Huber, 2005
Species
10, see text

Savarna is a genus of Southeast Asian cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2005.[2]

Species

As of October 2021^[update] it contains ten species, found only in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand:[1]

• Savarna bannang – Yao & Li, 2020 – Thailand
• Savarna chiangmai – Yao & Li, 2020 – Thailand
• Savarna huahin – Yao & Li, 2020 – Thailand
• Savarna kaeo – Huber, Petcharad & Bumrungsri, 2015 – Thailand
• Savarna kraburiensis – Wongprom & Wiwatwitaya, 2015 – Thailand
• Savarna miser – (Bristowe, 1952) – Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Savarna satun – Yao & Li, 2020 – Thailand
• Savarna tesselata – (Simon, 1901) – Thailand
• Savarna thaleban – Huber, 2005 (type) – Thailand
• Savarna thungsong – Yao & Li, 2020 – Thailand

See also

• List of Pholcidae species

References

1. "Gen. Savarna Huber, 2005". World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
2. Huber, B. A. (2005). "Revision of the genus Spermophora Hentz in Southeast Asia and on the Pacific islands, with descriptions of three new genera (Araneae: Pholcidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 79: 61–114.