title: Filistata
text: # Filistata
  
  Filistata is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of September 2022 it contains 14 species that occur mainly from Eurasia and the Canary Islands, with one species found in Cape Verde:
  
  * Filistata albens Zonstein & Marusik, 2019 – Israel
  * Filistata balouchi Zamani & Marusik, 2020 – Iran
  * Filistata betarif (Magalhaes, Aharon, Ganem & Gavish-Regev, 2022) – Israel
  * Filistata canariensis Schmidt, 1976 – Canary Is.
  * Filistata gomerensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
  * Filistata hasselti Simon, 1906 – Indonesia (Java?)
  * Filistata insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775) (type) – Cape Verde Is., Mediterranean to Turkmenistan
  * Filistata lehtineni Marusik & Zonstein, 2014 – Azerbaijan, Iran
  * Filistata lubinae Zonstein & Marusik, 2019 – Israel
  * Filistata maguirei Marusik & Zamani, 2015 – Iran
  * Filistata pseudogomerensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
  * Filistata pygmaea Zonstein, Marusik & Grabolle, 2018 – Portugal
  * Filistata teideensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
  * Filistata wunderlichi Zonstein & Marusik, 2019 – Spain
  