Xestaspis Explained

Xestaspis is a genus of goblin spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.^[1]

Species

it contains 19 species, found in Asia, Africa, Oceania, Yemen, and Sri Lanka:^[2]

• Xestaspis biflocci Eichenberger, 2012 — Thailand
• Xestaspis kandy Eichenberger, 2012 — Sri Lanka
• Xestaspis linnaei Ott & Harvey, 2008 — Australia (Western Australia)
• Xestaspis loricata (L. Koch, 1873) (type) — China, Taiwan, Laos, Australia, Micronesia, French Polynesia
• Xestaspis nitida Simon, 1884 — Algeria, Yemen
• Xestaspis nuwaraeliya Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2016 — Sri Lanka
• Xestaspis padaviya Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2016 — Sri Lanka
• Xestaspis parmata (Thorell, 1890) — Myanmar, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Lombok). Introduced to USA to Panama, Caribbean, Venezuela, Brazil, Madeira, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), São Tomé and Príncipe, St. Helena, Mauritius, Seychelles, Yemen
• Xestaspis paulina Eichenberger, 2012 — Sri Lanka
• Xestaspis pophami Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2016 — Sri Lanka
• Xestaspis recurva Strand, 1906 — Ethiopia
• Xestaspis rostrata Tong & Li, 2009 — China
• Xestaspis semengoh Eichenberger, 2012 — Borneo
• Xestaspis sertata Simon, 1907 — Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
• Xestaspis shoushanensis Tong & Li, 2014 — Taiwan
• Xestaspis sis Saaristo & van Harten, 2006 — Yemen
• Xestaspis sublaevis Simon, 1893 — Sri Lanka
• Xestaspis tumidula Simon, 1893 — Sierra Leone
• Xestaspis yemeni Saaristo & van Harten, 2006 — Yemen

See also

• List of Oonopidae species

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1884. Arachnides nouveaux d'Algérie. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 321–327. 9. Eugène Simon.
2. Gen. Xestaspis Simon, 1884. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-03. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.