Xestaspis
| Xestaspis | |
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| X. shoushanensis, female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Oonopidae |
| Genus: | Xestaspis Simon, 1884[1] |
| Type species | |
(L. Koch, 1873)
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| Species | |
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18, see text | |
Xestaspis is a genus of goblin spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.[2]
Species[]
X. shoushanensis
female
male
As of June 2019 it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Africa, Oceania, Yemen, and Sri Lanka:[1]
- Eichenberger, 2012 – Thailand
- Xestaspis kandy Eichenberger, 2012 – Sri Lanka
- Ott & Harvey, 2008 – Australia (Western Australia)
- (L. Koch, 1873) (type) – China, Taiwan, Laos, Australia, Micronesia, French Polynesia
- Simon, 1884 – Algeria, Yemen
- Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2016 – Sri Lanka
- Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2016 – Sri Lanka
- Xestaspis paulina Eichenberger, 2012 – Sri Lanka
- Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2016 – Sri Lanka
- Strand, 1906 – Ethiopia
- Tong & Li, 2009 – China
- Eichenberger, 2012 – Borneo
- Simon, 1907 – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
- Tong & Li, 2014 – Taiwan
- Saaristo & van Harten, 2006 – Yemen
- Xestaspis sublaevis Simon, 1893 – Sri Lanka
- Simon, 1893 – Sierra Leone
- Saaristo & van Harten, 2006 – Yemen
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Xestaspis Simon, 1884". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ^ Simon, E. (1884). "Arachnides nouveaux d'Algérie". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 321–327.
Categories:
- Araneomorphae genera
- Oonopidae
- Spiders of Africa
- Spiders of Asia
- Spiders of Central America
- Spiders of Oceania
- Oonopidae stubs