Filistata

Filistata is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810.^[2]

Filistata
Filistata insidiatrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Filistatidae
Genus:	Filistata Latreille, 1810[1]
Type species
F. insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775)
Species
14, see text

Species

As of September 2022^[update] it contains 14 species that occur mainly from Eurasia and the Canary Islands, with one species found in Cape Verde:^[1]

• Filistata albens Zonstein & Marusik, 2019 – Israel
• Filistata balouchi Zamani & Marusik, 2020 – Iran
• Filistata betarif (Magalhaes, Aharon, Ganem & Gavish-Regev, 2022) – Israel
• Filistata canariensis Schmidt, 1976 – Canary Is.
• Filistata gomerensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Filistata hasselti Simon, 1906 – Indonesia (Java?)
• Filistata insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775) (type) – Cape Verde Is., Mediterranean to Turkmenistan
• Filistata lehtineni Marusik & Zonstein, 2014 – Azerbaijan, Iran
• Filistata lubinae Zonstein & Marusik, 2019 – Israel
• Filistata maguirei Marusik & Zamani, 2015 – Iran
• Filistata pseudogomerensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Filistata pygmaea Zonstein, Marusik & Grabolle, 2018 – Portugal
• Filistata teideensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Filistata wunderlichi Zonstein & Marusik, 2019 – Spain