Nesticella mogera

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Nesticus terrestris (misid.)

Nesticus mogera

Howaia mogera

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Nesticella mogera is a spider from the family Nesticidae. It is the type species of the genus Nesticella.

Distribution

Discovered in Japan, it is found in Hawaii, Fiji, Azerbaijan, China, Korea and in 2009 in German greenhouses.Kielhorn 2009

Name

The name is derived from {{nihongo|mogura|土竜(もぐら}} the Japanese word for mole. N. mogera has been found in Japan in burrows of moles ({{aut|Yaginuma}} 1970).

Notes

References

{{aut|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. [http://www.arages.de/aramit/pdf/Heft_37/AM37_31_34.pdf PDF]
{{aut|Platnick, Norman I.}} (2009): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog], version 10.5. American Museum of Natural History, New York.

Category:Nesticidae

Category:Spiders of Asia

Category:Spiders of Hawaii

Category:Spiders described in 1972