Xestaspis

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

Species

it contains 19 species, found in Asia, Africa, Oceania, Yemen, and Sri Lanka:

• Xestaspis biflocci <small>Eichenberger, 2012</small> — Thailand
• Xestaspis kandy <small>Eichenberger, 2012</small> — Sri Lanka
• Xestaspis linnaei <small>Ott & Harvey, 2008</small> — Australia (Western Australia)
• Xestaspis loricata <small>(L. Koch, 1873)</small> (type) — China, Taiwan, Laos, Australia, Micronesia, French Polynesia
• Xestaspis nitida <small>Simon, 1884</small> — Algeria, Yemen
• Xestaspis nuwaraeliya <small>Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2016</small> — Sri Lanka
• Xestaspis padaviya <small>Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2016</small> — Sri Lanka
• Xestaspis parmata <small>(Thorell, 1890)</small> — 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 <small>Eichenberger, 2012</small> — Sri Lanka
• Xestaspis pophami <small>Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2016</small> — Sri Lanka
• Xestaspis recurva <small>Strand, 1906</small> — Ethiopia
• Xestaspis rostrata <small>Tong & Li, 2009</small> — China
• Xestaspis semengoh <small>Eichenberger, 2012</small> — Borneo
• Xestaspis sertata <small>Simon, 1907</small> — Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
• Xestaspis shoushanensis <small>Tong & Li, 2014</small> — Taiwan
• Xestaspis sis <small>Saaristo & van Harten, 2006</small> — Yemen
• Xestaspis sublaevis <small>Simon, 1893</small> — Sri Lanka
• Xestaspis tumidula <small>Simon, 1893</small> — Sierra Leone
• Xestaspis yemeni <small>Saaristo & van Harten, 2006</small> — Yemen

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