Parastalita is a monotypic genus of Balkan woodlouse hunting spiders containing the single species, Parastalita stygia. It was first described by K. Absolon & J. Kratochvíl in 1932,[2] and has only been found in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1] Notably, this species is blind as it completely lacks eyes.[3]
| Parastalita | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Dysderidae |
| Genus: | Parastalita Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932[1] |
| Species: | P. stygia
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| Binomial name | |
| Parastalita stygia (Joseph, 1882)
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References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Parastalita Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
- ^ Absolon, K.; Kratochvíl, J. (1932). "Zur Kenntnis der höhlenbewohnenden Araneae des illyrischen Karstgebiete". Mitteilungen über Höhlen- und Karstforschung. 1932: 73–81.
- ^ Rainer, Foelix (2011). Biology of Spiders (Third ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 20.