''Andasta semiargentea'', is a species of
spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
of the genus ''
Andasta
''Andasta'' is a genus of Theridiosomatidae, ray spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.
Species
it contains four species, found in Asia and on the Seychelles:
*''Andasta benoiti'' (Roberts, 1978) – Seyc ...
''. It is endemic to
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
See also
*
List of Theridiosomatidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Theridiosomatidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Andasta''
''Andasta'' Simon, 1895
* '' A. benoiti'' (Roberts, 1978) — Seychelles
* '' A. cyclosina'' Simon, 1901 — Malay ...
References
Theridiosomatidae
Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka
Spiders of Asia
Spiders described in 1895
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