Biology:Xestaspis
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Short description: Genus of spiders
| Xestaspis | |
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| X. shoushanensis, female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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)
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| Species | |
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19, 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 January 2021) it contains 19 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 parmata (Thorell, 1890) — Myanmar, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Lombok). Introduced to USA to Panama, Caribbean, Venezuela, Brazil, Madeira, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), São Tomé and Príncipe, St. Helena, Mauritius, Seychelles, Yemen
- 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Xestaspis Simon, 1884. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2177. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
- ↑ Simon, E. (1884). "Arachnides nouveaux d'Algérie". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 9: 321–327.
Wikidata ☰ Q5517393 entry
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