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 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
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