Forsterina

Forsterina is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.^[2]

Forsterina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Desidae
Genus:	Forsterina Lehtinen, 1967[1]
Type species
F. cryphoeciformis (Simon, 1908)
Species
9, see text

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains nine species:^[1]

• Forsterina alticola (Berland, 1924) – New Caledonia
• Forsterina annulipes (L. Koch, 1872) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe Is.)
• Forsterina armigera (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
• Forsterina cryphoeciformis (Simon, 1908) (type) – Australia (Western Australia)
• Forsterina koghiana Gray, 1992 – New Caledonia
• Forsterina segestrina (L. Koch, 1872) – Australia (New South Wales)
• Forsterina velifera (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
• Forsterina virgosa (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)
• Forsterina vultuosa (Simon, 1908) – Australia (Western Australia)