Karstia Explained

Karstia is a genus of Asian ray spiders that was first described by H. M. Chen in 2010.^[1]

Species

it contains five species, found in China:^[2]

• Karstia coddingtoni (Zhu, Zhang & Chen, 2001) – China
• Karstia cordata Dou & Lin, 2012 – China
• Karstia nitida Zhao & Li, 2012 – China
• Karstia prolata Zhao & Li, 2012 – China
• Karstia upperyangtzica Chen, 2010 (type) – China

See also

• List of Theridiosomatidae species

Further reading

• Zhao. Q. Y.. Li. S. Q.. 2012. Eleven new species of theridiosomatid spiders from southern China (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae). ZooKeys. 1–48. 255.
• Book: Zhang. Z. S.. Wang. L. Y.. 2017. Chinese spiders illustrated. Chongqing University Press. 954.
• Dou. L. A.. Lin. Y. C.. 2012. Description of Karstia cordata sp. nov. (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae) from caves in Chongqing, China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 734–739. 37.
• Zhu. M. S.. Zhang. J. X.. Chen. H. M.. 2001. A new species of the genus Wendilgarda from China (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae). Acta Zoologica Taiwanica. 1–7. 12.

Notes and References

1. Chen. H. M.. 2010. Karstia, a new genus of troglophilous theridiosomatid (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae) from southwestern China. Guizhou Science. 1–10. 28. 4.
2. Gen. Karstia Chen, 2010. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-07-18. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.