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Nesticus

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Nesticus
male Nesticus sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Nesticidae
Genus: Nesticus
Thorell, 1869
Type species
Nesticus cellulanus
Clerck, 1757
Species

125, see text

Synonyms

Nesticus is a genus of American and Eurasian scaffold web spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.[3]

Species

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As of March 2022 it contains the following species:[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kaston, B. J. (1945). "New Micryphantidae and Dictynidae with notes on other spiders". American Museum Novitates (1292).
  2. ^ Gertsch, W. J. (1984). "The spider family Nesticidae (Araneae) in North America, Central America, and the West Indies". Bulletin of the Texas Memorial Museum. 31.
  3. ^ Thorell, T. (1869). "On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 3 (7).
  4. ^ "Gen. Nesticus Thorell, 1869". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 29 March 2022.