Filistata Latreille 1810

Genus Filistata Latreille, 1804 Filistata: Zonstein & Marusik 2019: 57; Magalhaes et al. 2022: 155. Type species: Filistata testacea Latreille, 1810 (= Aranea insidiatrix Forsskål, 1775), by monotypy. Notes: Until now, Filistata included four named species in Israel: F. albens Zonstein & Marusik, 2019, F. betarif Magalhaes, Aharon, Ganem & Gavish-Regev, 2022, F. insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775), and F. lubinae Zonstein & Marusik, 2019. Magalhaes et al. (2022, fig. 4C) mentioned one undescribed Filistata species from northern Israel, thus bringing the regional spider fauna of the genus to five species in total.