Stasina Explained

Stasina is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1877.^[1] Many former species have been transferred to Thelcticopis and Neostasina.

Species

it contains nine species, found in Asia, Venezuela, Brazil, Gabon, and on the Greater Antilles:^[2]

• Stasina americana Simon, 1887 – Brazil
• Stasina hirticeps Caporiacco, 1955 – Venezuela
• Stasina manicata Simon, 1897 – Gabon
• Stasina nalandica Karsch, 1892 – Sri Lanka
• Stasina paripes (Karsch, 1879) – Sri Lanka
• Stasina planithorax Simon, 1897 – Malaysia
• Stasina rangelensis Franganillo, 1935 – Cuba
• Stasina spinosa Simon, 1897 – Brazil
• Stasina vittata Simon, 1877 (type) – Philippines

See also

• List of Sparassidae species

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1877. Etudes arachnologiques. 5e Mémoire. IX. Arachnides recueillis aux îles Philippines par MM. G. A. Baer et Laglaise. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 53–96. 7. 5. Eugène_Simon.
2. Gen. Stasina Simon, 1877. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-10-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.