Karstia is a genus of Asian ray spiders that was first described by H. M. Chen in 2010.[2]
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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: | Karstia Chen, 2010[1] |
| Type species | |
| K. upperyangtzica Chen, 2010
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Species edit
As of June 2020[update] it contains five species, found in China:[1]
- Karstia coddingtoni (Zhu, Zhang & Chen, 2001) – China
- Karstia cordata Dou & Lin, 2012 – China
- Karstia nitida Zhao & Li, 2012 – China
- Karstia prolata Zhao & Li, 2012 – China
- Karstia upperyangtzica Chen, 2010 (type) – China
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Karstia Chen, 2010". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
- ^ Chen, H. M. (2010). "Karstia, a new genus of troglophilous theridiosomatid (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae) from southwestern China". Guizhou Science. 28 (4): 1–10.
Further reading edit
- Zhao, Q. Y.; Li, S. Q. (2012). "Eleven new species of theridiosomatid spiders from southern China (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae)". ZooKeys (255): 1–48.
- Zhang, Z. S.; Wang, L. Y. (2017). Chinese spiders illustrated. Chongqing University Press. p. 954.
- Dou, L. A.; Lin, Y. C. (2012). "Description of Karstia cordata sp. nov. (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae) from caves in Chongqing, China". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 37: 734–739.
- Zhu, M. S.; Zhang, J. X.; Chen, H. M. (2001). "A new species of the genus Wendilgarda from China (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae)". Acta Zoologica Taiwanica. 12: 1–7.