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Checklist for Family Nesticidae Simon, 1894 (cave cobweb spider)
and region China (East Asia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
352
2196
11836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
315
2057
11495
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
83
1165
8297
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
78
1153
8277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
64
1097
7705
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
60
1076
7562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
10
434
2413
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNesticidae
Simon, 1894
Cave cobweb spider, Cave cobweb spiders
9
78
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for China
9 Genera with 78 Species
Hamus Ballarin & Li, 20255SpeciesTaxom
Howaia Lehtinen & S..., 20228SpeciesTaxom
Kryptonesticus Pavlek & Ribera, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Nescina Ballarin & Li, 20151SpeciesTaxom
Nesticella Lehtinen & S..., 199544SpeciesTaxom
Nesticus Thorell, 19876SpeciesTaxom
Pseudonesticus Liu & Li, 20..., 20166SpeciesTaxom
Speleoticus Ballarin & Li, 20166SpeciesTaxom
Wraios longiembolus..., 20151SpeciesTaxom


Species list for China
78 Species
Hamus bowoensis Ballarin & Li, 2015
Hamus cornutus Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Hamus kangdingensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Hamus mangunensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Hamus qingming Yao, Liu & Lin, 2025
Howaia apiculata Liu & Li, 2013
Howaia fuliangensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Howaia huomachongensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Howaia mogera Yaginuma, 1972
Howaia rongtangensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Howaia wanzaiensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Howaia yanbeiensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Howaia yintiaoling Wang, Zheng ..., 2022
Kryptonesticus eremita Simon, 1880
Nescina minuta Ballarin & Li, 2015
Nesticella apiculata Liu & Li, 2013
Nesticella arcuata Liu & Li, 2013
Nesticella baiseensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella baobab Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella beccus Grall & Jäger, 2016
Nesticella brevipes Yaginuma, 1970
Nesticella caeca Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella chongqing Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella dazhuangensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella falcata Liu & Li, 2013
Nesticella fuliangensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella ganlong Wang, Zheng ..., 2022
Nesticella gazuida Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella gongshanensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella gracilenta Liu & Li, 2013
Nesticella hongheensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella huomachongensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella jingpo Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella kaohsiungensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella lisu Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella liuzhaiensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella mogera Yaginuma, 1972Cave cobweb spider
Nesticella nandanensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella nepalensis Hubert, 1973
Nesticella odonta Jun Chen, 1984
Nesticella potala Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella qiaoqiensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella qiongensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella robusta Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella rongtangensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella sanchaheensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella semicircularis Liu & Li, 2013
Nesticella shanlinensis Liu & Li, 2013
Nesticella songi Jun Chen & Zhu, 2004
Nesticella tibetana Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella verticalis Liu & Li, 2013
Nesticella wanzaiensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella wuxi Wang, Zheng ..., 2022
Nesticella xiongmao Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella xixia Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella yanbeiensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella yao Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Nesticella yintiaoling Wang, Zheng ..., 2022
Nesticella yui Jörg Wunderl..., 1995
Nesticus alteratus
Nesticus cellulanus Clerck, 1758Comb-footed Cellar Spider
Nesticus globosus Liu & Li, 2013
Nesticus libo Jun Chen & Zhu, 2005
Nesticus navicellatus Liu & Li, 2013
Nesticus yaginumai Irie, 1987
Pseudonesticus clavatus Liu & Li, 2013
Pseudonesticus dafangensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Pseudonesticus miao Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Pseudonesticus spinosus Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Pseudonesticus wumengensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Pseudonesticus ziyunensis Lin, Ballari..., 2016
Speleoticus globosus Liu & Li, 2013
Speleoticus hei Yu & Lin, 2023
Speleoticus libo Chen & Zhu, 2005
Speleoticus navicellatus Liu & Li, 2013
Speleoticus sicet Lin & Li, 2024
Speleoticus yinchangminae Li, 2016
Wraios longiembolus Ballarin & Li, 2015

Subnodes of Nesticidae with occurrences in China
SubfamilyNesticinae
Simon, 1894
2
50
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Nesticidae at artfakta.se
Nesticidae at biodiversity.org.au
Nesticidae at dyntaxa.se
Nesticidae at gbif.org
Nesticidae at irmng.org
Nesticidae at itis.gov