Nesticidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Nesticidae
Genera: Aituaria – Canarionesticus – Carpathonesticus – Cyclocarcina – Domitius – Eidmannella – Gaucelmus – Hamus – Ivesia – Kryptonesticus – Nescina – Nesticella - Nesticus – Pseudonesticus – Speleoticus – Typhlonesticus – Wraios
Name

Nesticidae Simon, 1894

References

Ballarin, F. & Li, S.Q. 2015: Three new genera of the family Nesticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Tibet and Yunnan, China. Zoological Systematics, 40(2): 179–190. Reference page.
Liu, J. & Li, S.Q. 2013a. New cave-dwelling spiders of the family Nesticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from China. Zootaxa 3613(6): 501–547. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.6.1 Reference page.
Lin, Y-C., Ballarin, F. & Li, S-Q. 2016. A survey of the spider family Nesticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Asia and Madagascar, with the description of forty-three new species. ZooKeys 627: 1–168. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.627.8629. Reference page.
Ribera, C. 2018: A new genus of nesticid spiders from western European Peninsulas (Araneae, Nesticidae). Zootaxa 4407(2): 229–240. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.2.4. Reference page.

Vernacular names
中文: 类球腹蛛科

Scaffold web spiders or cave cobweb spiders (Nesticidae) are a family of araneomorph spiders closely allied with tangle-web spiders (Theridiidae). Like the Theridiidae, these spiders have a comb of serrated bristles on the hind tarsi that are used to pull silk bands from the spinnerets. Nesticidae contains 16 genera and about 300 species,[1] many of which are associated with caves or overhangs.[2] The genus Nesticus is the type for the family and is found throughout the world. The related Eidmannella has speciated considerably in Texas caves and includes some extremely localized species that are considered threatened. One species, Eidmannella pallida, is found in caves and under overhangs, but also in agricultural fields and other habitats away from such restricted areas. The genus Carpathonesticus is found in central Eurasia.
Genera
Main article: List of Nesticidae species

As of August 2023, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[1]

Aituaria Esyunin & Efimik, 1998 — Ukraine, Russia, Georgia
Canarionesticus Wunderlich, 1992 — Canary Is.
Carpathonesticus Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980 — Europe, Asia
Cyclocarcina Komatsu, 1942 — Japan
Daginesticus Fomichev, Ballarin & Marusik, 2022 — Russia, Georgia
Domitius Ribera, 2018 — Spain, Portugal, Italy
Eidmannella Roewer, 1935 — North America, Spain, Japan
Howaia Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980 — Asia, Europe, St. Helena, Pacific Islands
Kryptonesticus Pavlek & Ribera, 2017 — Europe, New Zealand
Nesticella Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980 — Asia, Africa, Oceania, Brazil
Nesticus Thorell, 1869 — Asia, Africa, Cuba, North America, South America, Europe
Pseudonesticus Liu & Li, 2013 — China
Sacarum Esyunin & Efimik, 2022 — Russia
Speleoticus Ballarin & Li, 2016 — China, Japan
Typhlonesticus Kulczyński, 1914 — Europe
Wraios Ballarin & Li, 2015 — China

The following extinct genera have been placed in the Nesticidae:[3]

†Balticonesticus Wunderlich, 1986 – Palaeogene, Baltic amber
†Eopopino Petrunkevitch, 1942 – Palaeogene, Baltic and Bitterfeld amber
†Heteronesticus Wunderlich, 1986 – Palaeogene, Baltic amber
†Hispanonesticus Wunderlich, 1986 – Neogene, Dominican amber