Nesticus

Nesticus
male Nesticus sp.
Scientific classification
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
Ivesia, Petrunkevitch, 1925 [1] Tuganobia, Chamberlin, 1933 [2]

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

Species

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

• Nesticus abukumanus Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus acrituberculum Kim, Yoo, Lee, Lee, Choi & Lim, 2014 — Korea
• Nesticus afghanus Roewer, 1962 — Afghanistan
• Nesticus akamai Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus akiensis Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus akiyoshiensis (Uyemura, 1941) — Japan
  • Nesticus akiyoshiensis ofuku Yaginuma, 1977 — Japan
• Nesticus ambiguus Denis, 1950 — Tanzania
• Nesticus anagamianus Yaginuma, 1976 — Japan
• Nesticus antillanus Bryant, 1940 — Cuba
• Nesticus archeri Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus arganoi Brignoli, 1972 — Mexico
• Nesticus asuwanus Nishikawa, 1986 — Japan
• Nesticus bacchus Estol & Rodrigues, 2017 — Brazil
• Nesticus balacescui Dumitrescu, 1979 — Romania
• Nesticus barri Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus barrowsi Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus bishopi Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus brasiliensis Brignoli, 1979 — Brazil
• Nesticus breviscapus Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus brignolii Ott & Lise, 2002 — Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
• Nesticus brimleyi Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus bungonus Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus calilegua Ott & Lise, 2002 — Brazil, Argentina
• Nesticus campus Gertsch, 1984 — Mexico
• Nesticus carolinensis (Bishop, 1950) — USA
• Nesticus carpaticus Dumitrescu, 1979 — Romania
• Nesticus carteri Emerton, 1875 — USA
• Nesticus caverna Gertsch, 1984 — Mexico
• Nesticus cellulanus (Clerck, 1757) — Holarctic
  • Nesticus cellulanus affinis Kulczynski, 1894 — Slovakia, Romania
• Nesticus cernensis Dumitrescu, 1979 — Romania
• Nesticus chikunii Yaginuma, 1980 — Japan
• Nesticus citrinus (Taczanowski, 1874) — Guyana
• Nesticus concolor Roewer, 1962 — Afghanistan
• Nesticus constantinescui Dumitrescu, 1979 — Romania
• Nesticus cooperi Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus coreanus Paik & Namkung, 1969 — Korea
• Nesticus crosbyi Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus delfini (Simon, 1904) — Chile
• Nesticus diaconui Dumitrescu, 1979 — Romania
• Nesticus dilutus Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus echigonus Yaginuma, 1986 — Japan
• Nesticus flavidus Paik, 1978 — Korea
• Nesticus furenensis Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus furtivus Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus gastropodus Kim & Ye, 2014 — Korea
• Nesticus georgia Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus gertschi Coyle & McGarity, 1992 — USA
• Nesticus gondai Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus gujoensis Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus higoensis Yaginuma, 1977 — Japan
• Nesticus hoffmanni Gertsch, 1971 — Mexico
• Nesticus holsingeri Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus inconcinnus Simon, 1907 — São Tomé
• Nesticus ionescui Dumitrescu, 1979 — Romania
• Nesticus iriei Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus ivone Faleiro & Santos, 2011 — Brazil
• Nesticus iwatensis Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus jamesoni Gertsch, 1984 — Mexico
• Nesticus jonesi Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus kaiensis Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus karyuensis Yaginuma, 1980 — Japan
• Nesticus kataokai Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus kunisakiensis Irie, 1999 — Japan
• Nesticus kuriko Yaginuma, 1972 — Japan
• Nesticus kyongkeomsanensis Namkung, 2002 — Korea
• Nesticus latiscapus Yaginuma, 1972 — Japan
  • Nesticus latiscapus kosodensis Yaginuma, 1972 — Japan
• Nesticus lindbergi Roewer, 1962 — Afghanistan
• Nesticus longiscapus Yaginuma, 1976 — Japan
  • Nesticus longiscapus awa Yaginuma, 1978 — Japan
  • Nesticus longiscapus draco Yaginuma, 1978 — Japan
  • Nesticus longiscapus kiuchii Yaginuma, 1978 — Japan
• Nesticus maculatus Bryant, 1948 — Hispaniola
• Nesticus masudai Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus mikawanus Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus mimus Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus monticola Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus nahuanus Gertsch, 1971 — Mexico
• Nesticus nasicus Coyle & McGarity, 1992 — USA
• Nesticus nishikawai Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus noroensis Mashibara, 1993 — Japan
• Nesticus orghidani Dumitrescu, 1979 — Romania
• Nesticus paynei Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus pecki Hedin & Dellinger, 2005 — USA
• Nesticus plesai Dumitrescu, 1980 — Romania
• Nesticus potreiro Ott & Lise, 2002 — Brazil
• Nesticus potterius (Chamberlin, 1933) — USA
• Nesticus rainesi Gertsch, 1984 — Mexico
• Nesticus rakanus Yaginuma, 1976 — Japan
• Nesticus ramirezi Ott & Lise, 2002 — Argentina
• Nesticus reclusus Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus reddelli Gertsch, 1984 — Mexico
• Nesticus salta Torres, Pardo, González-Reyes, Rodríguez Artigas & Corronca, 2016 — Argentina
• Nesticus secretus Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus sedatus Gertsch, 1984 — Mexico
• Nesticus sheari Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus shinkaii Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus shureiensis Yaginuma, 1980 — Japan
• Nesticus silvanus Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus silvestrii Fage, 1929 — USA
• Nesticus sodanus Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus sonei Yaginuma, 1981 — Japan
• Nesticus stupkai Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus stygius Gertsch, 1984 — USA
• Nesticus suzuka Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus taim Ott & Lise, 2002 — Brazil
• Nesticus takachiho Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus tarumii Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus tennesseensis (Petrunkevitch, 1925) — USA
• Nesticus tosa Yaginuma, 1976 — Japan
  • Nesticus tosa iwaya Yaginuma, 1976 — Japan
  • Nesticus tosa niyodo Yaginuma, 1976 — Japan
• Nesticus unicolor Simon, 1895 — Venezuela
• Nesticus utatsuensis Tanikawa & Yawata, 2013 — Japan
• Nesticus vazquezae Gertsch, 1971 — Mexico
• Nesticus wiehlei Dumitrescu, 1979 — Romania
• Nesticus yaginumai Irie, 1987 — Japan
• Nesticus yamagatensis Yoshida, 1989 — Japan
• Nesticus yamato Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus yeongchigulensis Kim, Ye & Kim, 2016 — Korea
• Nesticus yesoensis Yaginuma, 1979 — Japan
• Nesticus zenjoensis Yaginuma, 1978 — Japan

References

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.