Karstia

Karstia is a genus of Asian ray spiders that was first described by H. M. Chen in 2010.[2]

Karstia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiosomatidae
Genus:	Karstia Chen, 2010[1]
Type species
K. upperyangtzica Chen, 2010
Species
5, see text

Species

As of June 2020 it contains five species, found in China:[1]

• Karstia coddingtoni (Zhu, Zhang & Chen, 2001) – China
• Karstia cordata Dou & Lin, 2012 – China
• Karstia nitida Zhao & Li, 2012 – China
• Karstia prolata Zhao & Li, 2012 – China
• Karstia upperyangtzica Chen, 2010 (type) – China

See also

• List of Theridiosomatidae species

References

1. "Gen. Karstia Chen, 2010". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
2. Chen, H. M. (2010). "Karstia, a new genus of troglophilous theridiosomatid (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae) from southwestern China". Guizhou Science. 28 (4): 1–10.

Further reading

• Zhao, Q. Y.; Li, S. Q. (2012). "Eleven new species of theridiosomatid spiders from southern China (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae)". ZooKeys. 255: 1–48.
• Zhang, Z. S.; Wang, L. Y. (2017). Chinese spiders illustrated. Chongqing University Press. p. 954.
• Dou, L. A.; Lin, Y. C. (2012). "Description of Karstia cordata sp. nov. (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae) from caves in Chongqing, China". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 37: 734–739.
• Zhu, M. S.; Zhang, J. X.; Chen, H. M. (2001). "A new species of the genus Wendilgarda from China (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae)". Acta Zoologica Taiwanica. 12: 1–7.