Mistaria Explained

Mistaria is a genus of in the family Agelenidae (funnel weavers) first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.^[1]

Species

the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:^[2]

• Mistaria fagei (Caporiacco, 1949) – Kenya
• Mistaria jaundea (Roewer, 1955) – Cameroon
• Mistaria jumbo (Strand, 1913) – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
• Mistaria keniana (Roewer, 1955) – Kenya
• Mistaria kiboschensis (Lessert, 1915) – Central and East Africa
• Mistaria kiwuensis (Strand, 1913) – Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Mistaria lawrencei (Roewer, 1955) – Zimbabwe
• Mistaria leucopyga (Pavesi, 1883) (type species) – Central and East Africa, Yemen
• Mistaria longimamillata (Roewer, 1955) – Mozambique
• Mistaria moschiensis (Roewer, 1955) – Tanzania
• Mistaria mossambica (Roewer, 1955) – Mozambique
• Mistaria nairobii (Caporiacco, 1949) – Central and East Africa
• Mistaria nyassana (Roewer, 1955) – Malawi
• Mistaria nyeupenyeusi G. M. Kioko & S. Q. Li, 2018 – Kenya
• Mistaria teteana (Roewer, 1955) – Mozambique
• Mistaria zorica (Strand, 1913) – Central and East Africa
• Mistaria zuluana (Roewer, 1955) – South Africa

Notes and References

1. Lehtinen. P. T.. 1967. Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha.. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 199–468. 4.
2. Web site: Gen. Mistaria Lehtinen, 1967. World Spider Catalog. 2021-08-19 . Natural History Museum Bern.