Nesiocoelotes

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Nesiocoelotes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Subfamily: Coelotinae
Genus: Nesiocoelotes
Okumura & Zhao, 2022 [1]
Type species
Coelotes insulanus
Shimojana, 2000
Species

5, see text

Nesiocoelotes is a genus of spiders in the family Agelenidae. [2]

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Distribution

The genus Nesiocoelotes is endemic to Japan, with all five species occurring on the Japanese islands including the Ryukyu archipelago. [2]

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek nisiotikós "island" (referring to its distribution on Japanese islands) and related genus Coelotes . [1]

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes five species: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Okumura, K. I.; Zhao, Z. (2022). "Taxonomic revision of six species of the subfamily Coelotinae (Araneae: Agelenidae) from Japan accompanied with the description of Nesiocoelotes gen. n.". Acta Arachnologica. 71: 93–103. doi:10.2476/asjaa.71.93.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Nesiocoelotes Okumura & Zhao, 2022". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-23.