World Spider Catalog

Filistatidae Simon, 1864

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: the authorship of the family was first corrected from Ausserer, 1867: 140 to Simon, 1864: 95 (sub Filistatiens) by Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 55; the French ending -iens was not accepted as taxon at familiar level by Bonnet and Platnick, and this was continued in the WSC until the arguing by Marusik & Özkütük, 2026: 276; devided in the subfamilies Filistatinae Simon, 1864 and Prithinae Gray, 1995: 80 (Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 56, confirmed by Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2022: 557).

Gen. Pritha Lehtinen, 1967 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00319

type Filistata nana Simon, 1868; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Afrofilistata Benoit, 1968b: 99 by Ledoux, 1977: 73, but that synonymy was rejected by Gray, 1995: 80.

Transferred to other genera:

Pritha australiensis (L. Koch, 1873) -- see Wandella

Pritha bakeri (Berland, 1938) -- see Labahitha

Pritha fradei (Berland & Millot, 1940) -- see Afrofilistata

Pritha garciai (Simon, 1892) -- see Labahitha

Pritha hasselti (Simon, 1906) -- see Filistata

Pritha heikkii Saaristo, 1978 -- see Labahitha

Pritha insularis (Thorell, 1891) -- see Labahitha

Pritha lindbergi (Roewer, 1962) -- see Tricalamus

Pritha littoralis (Roewer, 1938) -- see Labahitha

Pritha marginata (Kishida, 1936) -- see Labahitha

Pritha nicobarensis (Tikader, 1977) -- see Labahitha

Pritha pulchella (Simon, 1893) -- see Labahitha

Pritha sechellana Benoit, 1978 -- see Labahitha

Pritha sundaica (Kulczyński, 1908) -- see Labahitha

In synonymy:

Pritha hebraea (Strand, 1914, T from Filistata) = Pritha tenuispina (Strand, 1914) (Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 88)

Pritha hebraea limbomaculata (Strand, 1914, T from Filistata) = Pritha tenuispina (Strand, 1914) (Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 88)

Pritha albimaculata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) | | Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002602

Filistata albimaculata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 216, pl. 13, f. 1 (Dmf; N.B.: may be a junior S of P. nana, per Ledoux, 1977: 73) Original description

Pritha albimaculata Lehtinen, 1967: 260 (Tmf from Filistata)

Pritha albimaculata Brignoli, 1982a: 70, f. 8-12 (mf)

Pritha ampulla Wang, 1987 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002603

Pritha ampulla Wang, 1987b: 251, f. 1A-G (Df) Original description

Pritha ampulla Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 46, f. 18A (f)

Pritha beijingensis Song, 1986 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002605

Pritha beijingensis Song, 1986a: 43, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description

Pritha beijingensis Song, 1987: 60, f. 28 (mf)

Pritha beijingensis Zhang, 1987: 46, f. 32.1-3 (m)

Pritha beijingensis Feng, 1990: 29, f. 4.1-5 (mf)

Pritha beijingensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 46, f. 18B, M-N (mf)

Pritha beijingensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 66, f. 25A-E (mf)

Pritha condita (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) | | Azores, St. Helena urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002606

Filistata condita O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873e: 211, pl. 24, f. 1 (Dj) Original description

Filistata condita Simon, 1883: 278, pl. 8, f. 11 (Dm)

Pritha condita Lehtinen, 1967: 260 (T from Filistata)

Pritha condita Benoit, 1977a: 29, f. 10 (m)

Pritha condita Sherwood et al., 2024e: 1230, f. 10 (m)

Pritha crosbyi (Spassky, 1938) | | Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Central Asia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002607

Filistata crosbyi Spassky, 1938: 575, f. 2 (Dmf) Original description

Pritha crosbyi Zonstein, 1990: 50 (Tmf from Filistata)

Pritha crosbyi Marusik, Seropian & Koponen, 2019: 403, f. 1F-G (m; belongs probably to Tricalamus)

Pritha debilis (Simon, 1911) | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049205

Filistata debilis Simon, 1911b: 301 (Dmf) Original description

Pritha debilis Lehtinen, 1967: 260 (Tmf from Filistata)

Pritha debilis Legittimo et al., 2017: 235 (revalidated from S of P. nana)

Pritha dharmakumarsinhjii Patel, 1978 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002608

Pritha dharmakumarsinhjii Patel, 1978b: 186, f. 1a-c (Df) Original description

Pritha garfieldi Marusik & Zamani, 2015 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048130

Pritha garfieldi Marusik & Zamani, 2015b: 433, f. 15-31 (Dmf) Original description

Pritha hirsuta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) | | Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051359

Filistata hirsuta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 217 (Dj) Original description

Filistata hirsuta Brignoli, 1982a: 70 (nomen dubium)

Pritha hirsuta Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 88, f. 29B,D,G-I (m, T from Filistata, removed from nomen dubium)

Pritha nana (Simon, 1868) | | Mediterranean, India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002615 TYPE SPECIES

Filistata nana Simon, 1868a: 455 (Dmf) Original description

Pritha nana Lehtinen, 1967: 260, f. 22 (Tmf from Filistata)

Pritha nana Ledoux, 1977: 66, f. 1a-f, 2a-c, 3c-d (mf, S of P. debilis and P. vestita; partly misidentified and both S rejected after Legittimo et al., 2017)

Pritha nana Brignoli, 1982a: 70, f. 8-12 (mf; f. 7 is P. parva after Legittimo et al., 2017: 218)

Filistata nana Heimer, 1990: 4, f. 4-5 (mf)

Pritha nana Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 38, f. 75 (mf; f. 75.4 is P. parva after Legittimo et al., 2017: 218)

Pritha nana Gray, 1995: 83, f. 14, 21 (mf)

Pritha nana Trotta, 2005: 164, f. 268 (m; f. 266-267 is P. parva after Legittimo et al., 2017: 218)

Pritha nana Wunderlich, 2011: 173, f. 3-4, 7 (m; f. 5-6 is P. parva after Legittimo et al., 2017: 218)

Pritha nana Legittimo et al., 2017: 204, f. 1A-D, 2A, 3A, 4A,E, 5A-H, 6A-B, 7A-B, 14A-B, 15A-B, 16A,C, 17A-E, 19A-H, 21A-B, 22B-C, 23C-D, 25B, 26A-B (mf)

Pritha nana Kamble et al., 2018: 47, f. 1.1-9, 2.10-14, 3.1-6, 4.1-6 (mf)

Pritha nana Magalhaes & Ramírez, 2022: 545, f. 3g (m)

Pritha napadensis (Patel, 1975) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002567

Filistata napadensis Patel, 1975c: 425, f. 2a-e (Dmf) Original description

Pritha napadensis Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 88 (T from Filistata)

Pritha pallida (Kulczyński, 1897) | | Madeira, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Greece, Georgia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002617

Filistata pallida Kulczyński, in Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1897: 277, pl. 10, f. 54 (Dm) Original description

Filistata pallida Kulczyński, 1899: 324, pl. 6, f. 1-2 (Dmf)

Filistata pallida Gerhardt, 1921: 93, f. 7 (m)

Filistata pallida Machado, 1941: 1, f. 1 (m)

Pritha pallida Lehtinen, 1967: 260 (T from Filistata)

Pritha pallida Wunderlich, 1987a: 67, f. 47 (m)

Pritha pallida Wunderlich, 2011: 173, f. 8-9 (m)

Pritha pallida Le Peru, 2011: 110, f. 110 (m)

Pritha pallida Legittimo et al., 2017: 214, f. 2B, 3B, 4B,F, 6C-D, 7C-D, 8A-D, 9A-H, 14C-D, 15C-D, 16D, 17F-I, 20A, 25A,C (mf)

Pritha pallida Marusik, Seropian & Koponen, 2019: 405, f. 1A-E, 2A-C (mf)

Pritha parva Legittimo, Simeon, Di Pompeo & Kulczycki, 2017 | | France, Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Greece urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049206

Pritha nana Ledoux, 1977: 66, f. 1-2 in part, 3A-B (mf; misidentified per Legittimo et al., 2017: 218)

Pritha nana Brignoli, 1982a: 70, f. 7 (f; misidentified per Legittimo et al., 2017: 218)

Pritha nana Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 38, f. 75.4 (mf; misidentified per Legittimo et al., 2017: 218)

Pritha nana Trotta, 2005: 164, f. 266-267 (mf; misidentified per Legittimo et al., 2017: 218)

Pritha nana Le Peru, 2011: 109, f. 109 (mf; misidentified per Legittimo et al., 2017: 218)

Pritha nana Wunderlich, 2011: 173, f. 5-6 (mf; misidentified per Legittimo et al., 2017: 218)

Pritha parva Legittimo et al., 2017: 218, f. 2C, 3C, 4C,G, 6E-F, 7E-F, 10A-D, 11A-H, 14E-F, 15E-F, 18I, 20B-C (Dmf) Original description

Pritha parva Naumova & Deltshev, 2021: 67, f. 19-22 (m)

Pritha parva Bosmans & Gavalas, 2023: 44, f. 24A-D (m)

Pritha poonaensis (Tikader, 1963) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002618

Filistata poonaensis Tikader, 1963b: 35, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Pritha poonaensis Lehtinen, 1967: 260 (Tf from Filistata)

Pritha sagittata Legittimo, Simeon, Di Pompeo & Kulczycki, 2017 | | Italy, Switzerland, Croatia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049207

Pritha sagittata Legittimo et al., 2017: 223, f. 2D, 3D, 4D,H, 6G-H, 7G-H, 12A-D, 13A-H, 14G-H, 15G-H, 16B, 18A-H, 20D-F, 26F-G (Dmf) Original description

Pritha spinula Wang, 1987 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002620

Pritha spinula Wang, 1987b: 252, f. 2A-K (Dmf) Original description

Pritha spinula Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 46, f. 11E, 18C, U-V (mf)

Pritha tenuispina (Strand, 1914) | | Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002622

Filistata tenuispina Strand, 1914b: 178 (Dm) Original description

Filistata hebraea Strand, 1914b: 175 (Df; j per Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 88) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051357]

Filistata hebraea limbomaculata Strand, 1914b: 176 (Df; j per Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 88) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051358]

Pritha tenuispina Brignoli, 1982a: 70, f. 6 (m, T from Filistata)

Filistata hebraea limbomaculata Brignoli, 1982a: 70 (nomen dubium)

Filistata hebraea Brignoli, 1982a: 70 (nomen dubium)

Pritha tenuispina Zonstein & Marusik, 2019b: 88, f. 29A,C,E-F,J (m, S of Filistata hebraea and of Filistata hebraea limbomaculata, both removed from nomen dubium)

Pritha tenuispina Magalhaes et al., 2022b: 168, f. 10L (m)

Pritha vestita (Simon, 1873) | | France (Corsica), Bulgaria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049266

Filistata vestita Simon, 1873a: 36 (Df) Original description

Filistata vestita Simon, 1892a: 254, f. 211

Filistata vestita Simon, 1914: 72 (Dm)

Pritha vestita Lehtinen, 1967: 260 (T from Filistata)

Pritha vestita Legittimo et al., 2017: 233, f. 23B-F (m, removed from S of Pritha nana, rejecting Ledoux, 1977: 66)

Pritha vestita Naumova & Deltshev, 2021: 23-26 (m)

Pritha zebrata (Thorell, 1895) | j | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002623

Filistata zebrata Thorell, 1895b: 14 (Dj) Original description

Pritha zebrata Lehtinen, 1967: 260 (T from Filistata)