Astia

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{About|jumping spiders}}

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| taxon = Astia hariola

| authority = L. Koch, 1879

| parent_authority = L. Koch, 1879

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Astia is a monotypic genus of Australian jumping spiders containing the single species, Astia hariola. It was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1879,{{cite book| last=Koch| first=L.| author-link=Ludwig Carl Christian Koch| year=1879| title=Die Arachniden Australiens nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet | publisher= Bauer & Raspe|location =Nürnberg| volume=1 part 25| pages=1101–1156 [1152]|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57301015}} and is only found in New South Wales and Queensland.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Astia L. Koch, 1879| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-07-05| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2517| doi=10.24436/2}} They are noticeable by the patterns on the dorsal surface of the abdomen that are either a creamy white or orange pale patch.

Fred R. Wanless (1988) A revision of the spider group Astieae (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Australian region, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 15:1, 81-172, DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1988.10422611