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classification Animalia Araneae Nesticidae
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Genus
<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/BA55143C-D351-4DA7-BB82-BC627523EE9D" authority="Ballarin &amp; Li" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Speleoticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Speleoticus" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Speleoticus Ballarin &amp; Li</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="64" pageNumber="65">gen. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Type species.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Speleoticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Speleoticus navicellatus" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="navicellatus">Speleoticus navicellatus</taxonomicName>
Liu &amp; Li, 2013 from Guangxi, China.
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<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
The generic name is a combination of the Greek word
<normalizedToken originalValue="“Speleo-”">&quot;Speleo-&quot;</normalizedToken>
= cave and the contract name of
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Nesticus</taxonomicName>
, the nominal genus of the family. It alludes to the troglophyllic lifestyle of these species. The gender is masculine.
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<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
Males belonging to
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Speleoticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Speleoticus" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Speleoticus</taxonomicName>
gen. n. can be distinguished from those of the other
<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" rank="tribe" tribe="Nesticini">Nesticini</taxonomicName>
by the relatively simple, sickle-shaped paracymbium (P) with only a few short apophyses, in contrast to the other genera where it can be more complex, usually with wide and long processes. Furthermore, the elongate tibia and the triangular or rectangular protruding terminal apophysis (Ta) allow quick separation from the other Asian genera of
<taxonomicName family="Nesticidae" lsidName="" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" rank="family">Nesticidae</taxonomicName>
. Females can be separated from those of the other
<taxonomicName lsidName="" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" rank="tribe" tribe="Nesticini">Nesticini</taxonomicName>
, with the exception of
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Cyclocarcina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cyclocarcina" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cyclocarcina</taxonomicName>
, by the wide, balloon-shaped vulval pockets (Vp) located above the spermathecae which are usually around or below the spermathecae in the other genera. Females of
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Speleoticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Speleoticus" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Speleoticus</taxonomicName>
gen. n. can be easily separated from those of
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Cyclocarcina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Cyclocarcina" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cyclocarcina</taxonomicName>
by the very short and narrow scape (Sp) which is well-developed and strongly protruding in the latter genus.
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<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Description.</paragraph>
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Total length: 2.84-3.15 (male), 2.97-4.36 (female). Carapace almost round in males, ovate in females, uniformly pale yellow as the legs. Six eyes in two rows, AME absent. Cervical groove and fovea indistinct. Chelicera with three promarginal teeth and multiple retromarginal tiny denticles on the fang furrow. Opisthosoma yellowish with long setae (Fig. 80
<normalizedToken originalValue="AB">A-B</normalizedToken>
).
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Male palp (Fig. 79
<normalizedToken originalValue="AD">A-D</normalizedToken>
): tibia elongate (Fig. 79
<normalizedToken originalValue="AB">A-B</normalizedToken>
). Paracymbium well-developed, sickle-like, with a single ventral apophysis usually short and squared; a short, flat dorsal apophysis and a sclerotized distal process with two ramifications (Fig. 79
<normalizedToken originalValue="AB">A-B</normalizedToken>
, D). Terminal apophysis triangular or rectangular, elongate and protruding prolaterally. Tegular apophysis reduced (Fig. 79C). Conductor wide and convoluted, with three distinct processes, two elongate and one flat and laminar (Fig. 79A). Embolus filamentous, starting from the posterior side of the bulb and reaching the apex of the conductor with a half loop (Fig. 79A, C).
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<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
Figure 79.
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Speleoticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Speleoticus navicellatus" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="navicellatus">Speleoticus navicellatus</taxonomicName>
, male from
<normalizedToken originalValue="Duan">Du'an</normalizedToken>
. A Palp, ventral view B Ditto, dorsal view C Ditto, prolateral view D Ditto, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 0.10 mm.
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</caption>
<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
Epigyne (Fig. 80
<normalizedToken originalValue="CD">C-D</normalizedToken>
): broad, with a very short scape (Fig. 80C). Well sclerotized ducts partially visible through the tegument. Copulatory openings wide, located at the lateral side of the scape (Fig. 80C). Spermathecae small and almost round (Fig. 80D). Fertilization and copulatory ducts short and slightly convoluted (Fig. 80D). Vulval pockets well-developed, with a wide, balloon-like shape, located above the spermathecae (Fig. 80D).
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<caption pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
Figure 80.
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, male and female from
<normalizedToken originalValue="Duan">Du'an</normalizedToken>
. A Male habitus, dorsal view B Female habitus, dorsal view C Epigyne, ventral view D Vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
Figure 81. Distribution records of
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Hamus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hamus" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Hamus</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nescina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nescina" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Nescina</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Pseudonesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudonesticus" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pseudonesticus</taxonomicName>
spp. in China and Southeast Asia. 1
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Hamus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hamus cornutus" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cornutus">Hamus cornutus</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 2
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Hamus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hamus kangdingensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kangdingensis">Hamus kangdingensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 3
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Hamus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hamus luzon" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luzon">Hamus luzon</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 4
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Hamus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hamus mangunensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mangunensis">Hamus mangunensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 5
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nescina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nescina kohi" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kohi">Nescina kohi</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 6
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Pseudonesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudonesticus dafangensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dafangensis">Pseudonesticus dafangensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 7
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Pseudonesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudonesticus miao" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="miao">Pseudonesticus miao</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 8
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Pseudonesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudonesticus spinosus" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spinosus">Pseudonesticus spinosus</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 9
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Pseudonesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudonesticus wumengensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wumengensis">Pseudonesticus wumengensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 10
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Pseudonesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudonesticus ziyunensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ziyunensis">Pseudonesticus ziyunensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
Figure 82. Distribution records of the
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Nesticella</taxonomicName>
spiders belonging to the
<taxonomicName lsidName="brevipes" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" rank="species" species="brevipes">brevipes</taxonomicName>
-group in China. 1
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella baiseensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="baiseensis">Nesticella baiseensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 2
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella caeca" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caeca">Nesticella caeca</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 3
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella chongqing" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chongqing">Nesticella chongqing</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 4
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella dazhuangensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dazhuangensis">Nesticella dazhuangensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 5
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella gazuida" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gazuida">Nesticella gazuida</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 6
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella hongheensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hongheensis">Nesticella hongheensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 7
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella jingpo" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="jingpo">Nesticella jingpo</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 8
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella lisu" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lisu">Nesticella lisu</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 9
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella liuzhaiensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liuzhaiensis">Nesticella liuzhaiensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 10
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella nandanensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nandanensis">Nesticella nandanensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 11
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella odonta" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="odonta">Nesticella odonta</taxonomicName>
12
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella qiaoqiensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="qiaoqiensis">Nesticella qiaoqiensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 13
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella qiongensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="qiongensis">Nesticella qiongensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 14
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella robusta" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="robusta">Nesticella robusta</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 15
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella sanchaheensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sanchaheensis">Nesticella sanchaheensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 16
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella songi" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="songi">Nesticella songi</taxonomicName>
17
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella xiongmao" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xiongmao">Nesticella xiongmao</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 18
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella xixia" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xixia">Nesticella xixia</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 19
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella yao" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yao">Nesticella yao</taxonomicName>
sp. n.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
Figure 83. Distribution records of the
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Nesticella</taxonomicName>
spiders belonging to the
<taxonomicName lsidName="nepalensis" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" rank="species" species="nepalensis">nepalensis</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="mogera" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" rank="species" species="mogera">mogera</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="phami" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" rank="species" species="phami">phami</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName lsidName="quelpartensis" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" rank="species" species="quelpartensis">quelpartensis</taxonomicName>
-groups in Asia and Madagascar. 1
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella baobab" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="baobab">Nesticella baobab</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 2
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella connectens" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="connectens">Nesticella connectens</taxonomicName>
3
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella gongshanensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gongshanensis">Nesticella gongshanensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 4
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella griswoldi" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="griswoldi">Nesticella griswoldi</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 5
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella nepalensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nepalensis">Nesticella nepalensis</taxonomicName>
6
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella potala" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="potala">Nesticella potala</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 7
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella sulawesi" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sulawesi">Nesticella sulawesi</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 8
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella tibetana" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tibetana">Nesticella tibetana</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 9
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella vanlang" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vanlang">Nesticella vanlang</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 10
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella yui" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yui">Nesticella yui</taxonomicName>
Wunderlich et Song, 1995 11
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella zhiyuani" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zhiyuani">Nesticella zhiyuani</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 12
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella fuliangensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fuliangensis">Nesticella fuliangensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 13
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella huomachongensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="huomachongensis">Nesticella huomachongensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 14
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella rongtangensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rongtangensis">Nesticella rongtangensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 15
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella wanzaiensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wanzaiensis">Nesticella wanzaiensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 16
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella yanbeiensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yanbeiensis">Nesticella yanbeiensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 17
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella phami" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="phami">Nesticella phami</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 18
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella sumatrana" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sumatrana">Nesticella sumatrana</taxonomicName>
sp. n. 19
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella kaohsiungensis" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kaohsiungensis">Nesticella kaohsiungensis</taxonomicName>
sp. n.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="composition">
<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Composition.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Speleoticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Speleoticus globosus" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="globosus">Speleoticus globosus</taxonomicName>
(Liu &amp; Li, 2013), comb. n.,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Speleoticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Speleoticus libo" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="libo">Speleoticus libo</taxonomicName>
(Chen &amp; Zhu, 2005), comb. n.,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Speleoticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Speleoticus navicellatus" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="navicellatus">Speleoticus navicellatus</taxonomicName>
(Liu &amp; Li, 2013), comb. n.,
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Speleoticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Speleoticus uenoi" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="uenoi">Speleoticus uenoi</taxonomicName>
(Yaginuma, 1972), comb. n., and
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Speleoticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Speleoticus yaginumai" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yaginumai">Speleoticus yaginumai</taxonomicName>
(Yin, 2012), comb. n. All the species listed above are transferred from the genus
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticus" order="Araneae" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Nesticus</taxonomicName>
. All new combinations are supported by our molecular phylogenetic analysis.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="64" pageNumber="65">China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan), Japan (Honshu Island, Shizuoka Prefecture).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="65" pageNumber="66">
<pageBreakToken pageId="65" pageNumber="66" start="start">Remarks</pageBreakToken>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="65" pageNumber="66">
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Speleoticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Speleoticus" order="Araneae" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Speleoticus</taxonomicName>
gen. n., together with the
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Pseudonesticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudonesticus" order="Araneae" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Pseudonesticus</taxonomicName>
Liu &amp; Li, 2013, show typical adaptations to cave life, such as the absence or reduction of the eyes (in particular the AME), long legs, lack of pigmentation, etc. The close relationship between these two genera, rather than with the genera from the West Palaearctic and North America, can be cautiously hypothesized based on the morphological comparison and preliminary molecular analysis of
<taxonomicName family="Nesticidae" lsidName="" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" rank="family">Nesticidae</taxonomicName>
. Nevertheless, further studies are necessary to understand their correct systematic position within the family. Here we illustrate male and female of
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Speleoticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Speleoticus navicellatus" order="Araneae" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="navicellatus">Speleoticus navicellatus</taxonomicName>
, the type species of
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Speleoticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Speleoticus" order="Araneae" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Speleoticus</taxonomicName>
gen. n.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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