Andasta
| Andasta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiosomatidae |
| Genus: | Andasta Simon, 1895[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. semiargentea Simon, 1895
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| Species | |
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Andasta is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.[2]
Species
[edit]As of June 2020[update] it contains four species, found in Asia and on the Seychelles:[1]
- Andasta benoiti (Roberts, 1978) – Seychelles
- Andasta cyclosina Simon, 1901 – Malaysia
- Andasta semiargentea Simon, 1895 (type) – Sri Lanka
- Andasta siltte Saaristo, 1996 – Seychelles (Silhouette Island)[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Andasta Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- ^ Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ^ Gerlach, J. (2014), "Andasta siltte", IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2014: e.T196505A2458875, doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T196505A2458875.en, retrieved 5 January 2018
Further reading
[edit]- Saaristo, M. I. (1996). "Theridiosomatid spiders of the granitic islands of Seychelles (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae)". Phelsuma. 4: 48–52.
- Saaristo, M. I. (2010), "Araneae", in Gerlach, J.; Marusik, Y. M. (eds.), Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands
- Coddington, J. A. (1986). "The genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 422 (422): 1–96. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.422.
- Roberts, M. (1978). "Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P.L.G. Benoit - J.J. Van Mol 1972). Theridiidae, Mysmenidae and gen. Theridiosoma (Araneidae) (Araneae)". Revue Zoologique Africaine. 92: 902–939.
- Brignoli, P. M. (1972). "Ragni di Ceylon I. Missione biospeleologica Aellen-Strinati (1970) (Arachnida, Araneae)". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 79: 907–929. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.97143.