Andasta Explained

Andasta is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.^[1]

Species

it contains four species, found in Asia and on the Seychelles:^[2]

• Andasta benoiti (Roberts, 1978) – Seychelles
• Andasta cyclosina Simon, 1901 – Malaysia
• Andasta semiargentea Simon, 1895 (type) – Sri Lanka
• Andasta siltte Saaristo, 1996 – Seychelles (Silhouette Island)^[3]

See also

• List of Theridiosomatidae species

Further reading

• Saaristo. M. I.. 1996. Theridiosomatid spiders of the granitic islands of Seychelles (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae). Phelsuma. 48–52. 4.
  • Coddington. J. A.. 1986. The genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1–96. 422. 422. 10.5479/si.00810282.422.
• Roberts. M.. 1978. Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P.L.G. Benoit - J.J. Van Mol 1972). Theridiidae, Mysmenidae and gen. Theridiosoma (Araneidae) (Araneae). Revue Zoologique Africaine. 902–939. 92.
• Brignoli. P. M.. 1972. Ragni di Ceylon I. Missione biospeleologica Aellen-Strinati (1970) (Arachnida, Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 907–929. 79. 10.5962/bhl.part.97143. free.

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E. 1895. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Roret . Paris. fr. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973. Eugène Simon.
2. Gen. Andasta Simon, 1895. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-07-16. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
3. Gerlach, J. . Andasta siltte . 2014 . e.T196505A2458875 . 2014 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T196505A2458875.en . 5 January 2018 . cs2.