title: Xestaspis
text: # Xestaspis
  
  Xestaspis is a genus of goblin spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1884.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of January 2021 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
  