Filistata

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Filistata

| image_caption = Filistata insidiatrix

| image = F._insidiatrix.JPG

| authority = Latreille, 1810

| type_species = F. insidiatrix

| type_species_authority = (Forsskål, 1775)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 14, see text

}}

Filistata is a genus of crevice weavers that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810.{{cite book|last=Latreille|first=P. A.|year=1810|title=Considérations générales sur l'ordre naturel des Animaux composant la classe des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Insectes}}

Species

{{as of|2022|9}} it contains 14 species that occur mainly from Eurasia and the Canary Islands, with one species found in Cape Verde:{{cite journal |year=2022 |title=Gen. Filistata Latreille, 1810 |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/865 |journal= |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |doi=10.24436/2 |access-date=18 March 2022 |website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0}}

References