Andasta

Andasta is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.[2]

Andasta
Scientific classification
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
Species
4, see text

Species

As of June 2020 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

• List of Theridiosomatidae species

References

1. "Gen. Andasta Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
2. Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
3. 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

• 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: 1–96.
• 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.