''Filistata'' is a
genus
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of
crevice weavers that was first described by
Pierre André Latreille
Pierre André Latreille (; 29 November 1762 – 6 February 1833) was a French zoology, zoologist, specialising in arthropods. Having trained as a Roman Catholic priest before the French Revolution, Latreille was imprisoned, and only regained hi ...
in 1810.
Species
it contains 14 species that occur mainly from
Eurasia
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and the
Canary Islands
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, with one species found in
Cape Verde
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:
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Filistata albens''
Zonstein & Marusik, 2019 – Israel
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Filistata balouchi''
Zamani & Marusik, 2020 – Iran
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Filistata betarif''
(Magalhaes, Aharon, Ganem & Gavish-Regev, 2022) – Israel
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Filistata canariensis''
Schmidt, 1976 – Canary Is.
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Filistata gomerensis''
Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
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Filistata hasselti''
Simon, 1906 – Indonesia (Java?)
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Filistata insidiatrix
''Filistata insidiatrix'' is a species of spiders that occurs in the Mediterranean through to Turkmenistan and on the Cape Verde Islands.
It is the biggest filistatid species, with females up to 14mm (males up to 7mm). These slender brown spid ...
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(Forsskål, 1775) (
type
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) – Cape Verde Is., Mediterranean to Turkmenistan
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Filistata lehtineni''
Marusik & Zonstein, 2014 – Azerbaijan, Iran
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Filistata lubinae''
Zonstein & Marusik, 2019 – Israel
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Filistata maguirei''
Marusik & Zamani, 2015 – Iran
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Filistata pseudogomerensis''
Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
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Filistata pygmaea''
Zonstein, Marusik & Grabolle, 2018 – Portugal
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Filistata teideensis''
Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
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Filistata wunderlichi''
Zonstein & Marusik, 2019 – Spain
References
Araneomorphae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders
Filistatidae
Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille
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