Nesticella mogera

Nesticella mogera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Nesticidae
Genus: Nesticella
Species:
N. mogera
Binomial name
Nesticella mogera
(Yaginuma, 1972)
Synonyms

Nesticus terrestris (misid.)
Nesticus mogera
Howaia mogera

Nesticella mogera is a spider from the family Nesticidae. It is the type species of the genus Nesticella.

Distribution

Discovered in Japan, it is found in Hawaii, Fiji, Azerbaijan, China, Korea and in 2009 in German greenhouses.[1]

Name

The name is derived from mogura (土竜(もぐら) the Japanese word for mole. N. mogera has been found in Japan in burrows of moles (Yaginuma 1970).[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Kielhorn 2009

References

  • Kielhorn, K.-H. (2009) "First records of Spermophora kerinci, Nesticella mogera and Pseudanapis aloha on the European Mainland (Araneae: Pholcidae, Nesticidae, Anapidae)" Arachnol. Mitt. 37: 31-34. PDF
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 10.5. American Museum of Natural History, New York.


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