Alistra Explained

Alistra is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1894.^[1]

Species

it contains twenty-one species:^[2]

• Alistra annulata Zhang, Li & Zheng, 2011 – China
• Alistra astrolomae (Hickman, 1948) – Australia (Tasmania)
• Alistra berlandi (Marples, 1955) – Samoa
• Alistra centralis (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
• Alistra hamata Zhang, Li & Pham, 2013 – Vietnam
• Alistra hippocampa Zhang, Li & Zheng, 2011 – China
• Alistra inanga (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
• Alistra longicauda Thorell, 1894 (type) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Alistra mangareia (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
• Alistra mendanai Brignoli, 1986 – Solomon Is., Réunion
• Alistra myops (Simon, 1898) – Philippines
• Alistra napua (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
• Alistra opina (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
• Alistra personata Ledoux, 2004 – Réunion
• Alistra pusilla (Rainbow, 1920) – Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
• Alistra radleyi (Simon, 1898) – Sri Lanka
• Alistra reinga (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
• Alistra stenura (Simon, 1898) – Sri Lanka
• Alistra sulawesensis Bosmans, 1992 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Alistra taprobanica (Simon, 1898) – Sri Lanka
• Alistra tuna (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand

Notes and References

1. Thorell. T.. 1894. Förteckning öfver arachnider från Java och närgrändsande öar, insamlade af Carl Aurivillius; jemte beskrifningar å några sydasiatiska och sydamerikanska spindlar.. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 1–63. 20. 4.
2. Gen. Alistra Thorell, 1894. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-07. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.