Nesticella mogera

Nesticella mogera
Nesticella mogera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: 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 Nesticidae family. It is the type species of the genus Nesticella.

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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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