Xestaspis

Xestaspis
X. shoushanensis, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Oonopidae
Genus:	Xestaspis Simon, 1884
Type species
X. loricata (L. Koch, 1873)
Species
19, see text

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

Species

X. shoushanensis

female

male

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

• 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

References