Xestaspis

Xestaspis is a genus of goblin spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.[2]

Xestaspis
X. shoushanensis, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oonopidae
Genus: Xestaspis
Simon, 1884[1]
Type species
X. loricata
(L. Koch, 1873)
Species

18, see text

Species
X. shoushanensis
female
male

As of June 2019 it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Africa, Oceania, Yemen, and Sri Lanka:[1]

  • Xestaspis biflocci Eichenberger, 2012 – Thailand
  • Xestaspis kandy Eichenberger, 2012 – Sri Lanka
  • Xestaspis linnaei Ott & Harvey, 2008 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Xestaspis loricata (L. Koch, 1873) (type) – China, Taiwan, Laos, Australia, Micronesia, French Polynesia
  • Xestaspis nitida Simon, 1884 – Algeria, Yemen
  • Xestaspis nuwaraeliya Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2016 – Sri Lanka
  • Xestaspis padaviya Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2016 – Sri Lanka
  • Xestaspis paulina Eichenberger, 2012 – Sri Lanka
  • Xestaspis pophami Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2016 – Sri Lanka
  • Xestaspis recurva Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
  • Xestaspis rostrata Tong & Li, 2009 – China
  • Xestaspis semengoh Eichenberger, 2012 – Borneo
  • Xestaspis sertata Simon, 1907 – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
  • Xestaspis shoushanensis Tong & Li, 2014 – Taiwan
  • Xestaspis sis Saaristo & van Harten, 2006 – Yemen
  • Xestaspis sublaevis Simon, 1893 – Sri Lanka
  • Xestaspis tumidula Simon, 1893 – Sierra Leone
  • Xestaspis yemeni Saaristo & van Harten, 2006 – Yemen

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Xestaspis Simon, 1884". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  2. Simon, E. (1884). "Arachnides nouveaux d'Algérie". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 321–327.


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