Filistata

Filistata is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810.[2]

Filistata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Filistatidae
Genus:	Filistata Latreille, 1810[1]
Type species
F. insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775)
Species
18, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains eighteen species that occur mainly from Eurasia to North Africa and the Canary Islands, with one species found in Mexico:[1]

• Filistata canariensis Schmidt, 1976 – Canary Is.
• Filistata chiardolae Caporiacco, 1934 – Karakorum
• Filistata gibsonhilli Savory, 1943 – Australia (Christmas Is.)
• Filistata gomerensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Filistata insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775) (type) – Cape Verde Is., Mediterranean to Turkmenistan
• Filistata lehtineni Marusik & Zonstein, 2014 – Azerbaijan, Iran
• Filistata longiventris Yaginuma, 1967 – Japan
• Filistata maguirei Marusik & Zamani, 2015 – Iran
• Filistata marginata Kishida, 1936 – Taiwan, Japan
• Filistata napadensis Patel, 1975 – India
• Filistata pseudogomerensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Filistata puta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 – North Africa, Syria
• Filistata pygmaea Zonstein, Marusik & Grabolle, 2018 – Portugal
• Filistata rufa Caporiacco, 1934 – Karakorum
• Filistata tarimuensis Hu & Wu, 1989 – China
• Filistata teideensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Filistata tenerifensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Filistata xizanensis Hu, Hu & Li, 1987 – Tibet

References

1. "Gen. Filistata Latreille, 1810". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
2. Latreille, P. A. (1810). Considérations générales sur l'ordre naturel des Animaux composant la classe des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Insectes.