Filistata Explained

Filistata is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810.^[1]

Species

it contains 14 species that occur mainly from Eurasia and the Canary Islands, with one species found in Cape Verde:^[2]

• Filistata albens Zonstein & Marusik, 2019 – Israel
• Filistata balouchi Zamani & Marusik, 2020 – Iran
• Filistata betarif (Magalhaes, Aharon, Ganem & Gavish-Regev, 2022) – Israel
• Filistata canariensis Schmidt, 1976 – Canary Is.
• Filistata gomerensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Filistata hasselti Simon, 1906 – Indonesia (Java?)
• Filistata insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775) (type) – Cape Verde Is., Mediterranean to Turkmenistan
• Filistata lehtineni Marusik & Zonstein, 2014 – Azerbaijan, Iran
• Filistata lubinae Zonstein & Marusik, 2019 – Israel
• Filistata maguirei Marusik & Zamani, 2015 – Iran
• Filistata pseudogomerensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Filistata pygmaea Zonstein, Marusik & Grabolle, 2018 – Portugal
• Filistata teideensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Filistata wunderlichi Zonstein & Marusik, 2019 – Spain

Notes and References

1. Book: Latreille, P. A.. 1810. Considérations générales sur l'ordre naturel des Animaux composant la classe des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Insectes.
2. 2022 . Gen. Filistata Latreille, 1810 . Natural History Museum Bern . 10.24436/2 . 18 March 2022 . World Spider Catalog Version 20.0.