Nesticella mogera
| Nesticella mogera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Nesticidae |
| Genus: | Nesticella |
| Species: | N. mogera
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| Binomial name | |
| Nesticella mogera (Yaginuma, 1972)
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| Synonyms | |
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Nesticus terrestris (misid.) | |
Nesticella mogera is a spider from the family Nesticidae. It is the type species of the genus Nesticella.
Distribution
[edit]Discovered in Japan, it is found in Hawaii, Fiji, Azerbaijan, China, Korea and in 2009 in German greenhouses.[1]
Name
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- 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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