Xestaspis

Xestaspis is a genus of goblin spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.^[2]

Species

X. shoushanensis

female

male

As of January 2021^[update] it contains 19 species, found in Asia, Africa, Oceania, Yemen, and Sri Lanka:^[1]

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

^ ^a ^b "Gen. Xestaspis Simon, 1884". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
^ Simon, E. (1884). "Arachnides nouveaux d'Algérie". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 321–327.

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