Filistatinella Explained

Filistatinella is a genus of North American crevice weavers that was first described by Willis J. Gertsch & Wilton Ivie in 1936.^[1] They are 1.5to long,^[2] and have a dark brown abdomen, longer than wide, with a few gray scales.^[3]

Species

it contains ten species:^[4]

• Filistatinella chilindrina Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2017 – Mexico
• Filistatinella crassipalpis (Gertsch, 1935) (type) – Southern Texas^[5]
• Filistatinella domestica Desales-Lara, 2012 – Mexico
• Filistatinella hermosa Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2017 – USA
• Filistatinella howdyall Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2017 – USA
• Filistatinella kahloae Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2017 – Mexico
• Filistatinella palaciosi Jiménez & Palacios-Cardiel, 2012 – Mexico
• Filistatinella pistrix Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2017 – USA
• Filistatinella spatulata Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2017 – USA, Mexico
• Filistatinella tohono Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2017 – USA

Notes and References

1. Gertsch. W. J.. Ivie. W.. 1936. Descriptions of new American spiders.. American Museum Novitates. 1–25. 858.
2. Book: D.. Ubick. P.. Paquin. P.E.. Cushing. V.. Roth. 2005. American Arachnological Society.
3. Book: Gertsch, W.J.. Spiders from the Southwestern United States with descriptions of new species. 1935. American Museum of Natural History.
4. Gen. Filistatinella Gertsch & Ivie, 1936. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Bern. Natural History Museum.
5. Web site: Genus Filistatinella. BugGuide. 2019-06-04.