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<figureCitation id="DBBC8F1A16420975FE1F0351776D8FE2" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Nesticella okinawaensis A male palp, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) F same after dissection, shape variation (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) G vulva, dorsal view (specimen from Yambaru) H habitus of male (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) I habitus of female (specimen from Yambaru) J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 0.5 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891296" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Figs 12A-J</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="1052B0B491B2F2030447DF54F22F84F6" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Genitalia of Nesticella okinawaensis, Howaia subterranea sp. nov., and N. occulta sp. nov. A male palp of N. okinawaensis, ventral view B same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view D female epigyne, ventral view; E H. subterranea sp. nov., female epigyne, ventral view F N. occulta sp. nov. female epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: Ca - apophysis of the retrolateral process of conductor; Cl - lobe of conductor; Cm - median process of conductor; Co - copulatory opening; Cp - prolateral process of conductor; Cr - retrolateral process of conductor; Di I-II - distal processes I and II of paracymbium; E - embolus; P - paracymbium; Ra - radical apophysis; Rx - radix; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus; Sd - sperm duct; St - subtegulum; Te - tegulum; Ve - ventral process of paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891297" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">, 13A-D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="B0F150601446EEFACD70E7F6140E8123" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Nesticella and Howaia species in life and their natural habitats A female of H. mogera B female of N. terrestris C female of H. alba sp. nov. D female of N. occulta sp. nov. E female of N. okinawaensis F example of the epigean habitat of Nesticella species in the Ryukyus G habitat of H. alba sp nov. (dark zone of Tsuzupisuki-abu cave) H habitat of N. occulta sp. nov. (dark zone of Kabirano-ana cave) (all photos by F. Ballarin)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891299" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">, 15E</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="7B471970D4BCCDE62E63A6DE1C2742D3" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Distribution of Nesticella and Howaia species in mainland Japan and Ryukyu Archipelago A distribution of N. brevipes and N. terrestris in mainland Japan and neighboring countries B distribution of Nesticella and Howaia species endemic to the Ryukyu Archipelago C distribution of H. mogera in mainland Japan and neighboring countries D distribution of H. mogera in the Ryukyu Archipelago and neighboring countries. Colored squares refer to the type localities of the species, colored dots indicate the locations of specimens whose morphology has been checked during this study, dashed areas refer to the generally known distribution of the species, question marks refer to unclear distributions (see &quot; remarks on misidentifications &quot; of N. brevipes and N. terrestris)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891300" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">
, 16B (Japanese name: okinawa-horahimegumo
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<bibRefCitation id="09F05F7A70678F324C6217237B19FEE3" author="Yaginuma, T" journalOrPublisher="Otemon Gakuin University" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" pagination="255 - 287" refId="B60" refString="Yaginuma, T, 1979. A study of the Japanese species of nesticid spiders. Faculty of Letters Revue. Otemon Gakuin University 13: 255 - 287" title="A study of the Japanese species of nesticid spiders. Faculty of Letters Revue." volume="13" year="1979">Yaginuma 1979</bibRefCitation>
: 275, pl. 6, figs 6-8 (♂♀):
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: 55, fig. 31.7 (♂♀).
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<taxonomicName id="2A27661D7D6B07B5D7E65F7E7DF2FC92" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Howaia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Howaia okinawaensis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="okinawaensis">Howaia okinawaensis</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation id="FE6EF004E7C6F5C57D733097B502C4F9" author="Lehtinen, PT" journalOrPublisher="Annales Zoologici Fennici" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" pagination="47 - 66" refId="B27" refString="Lehtinen, PT, Saaristo, MI, 1980. Spiders of the Oriental-Australian region. II. Nesticidae. Annales Zoologici Fennici 17: 47 - 66" title="Spiders of the Oriental-Australian region. II. Nesticidae." volume="17" year="1980">Lehtinen and Saaristo 1980</bibRefCitation>
: 59 (♂♀, transferred from
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<bibRefCitation id="84880741CE9B4302DDEAB9D52E90C182" author="Kamura, T" editor="Ono, H" journalOrPublisher="Tokai University Press, Kanagawa" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" pagination="345 - 355" refId="B20" refString="Kamura, T, Irie, T, 2009. Nesticidae. In: Ono, H, Ed., The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa: 345 - 355" title="Nesticidae." volumeTitle="The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species." year="2009">Kamura and Irie 2009</bibRefCitation>
: 353, figs 111, 112 (♂♀).
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.
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,
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cave (村内新洞),
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, H. Tamura leg. (MNHAH);
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(銀水洞),
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, H. Tamura leg. (MNHAH);
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<collectingRegion id="C0A95EB8DDA2165DDBAD9C11916CA22B" country="Japan" name="Okinawa">Okinawa Pref.</collectingRegion>
:
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.
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, Kunigami-gun, Motobu-cho, Izumi,
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;
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, Kunigami-son, Yona, Yambaru Park,
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, all F. Ballarin leg. (FBPC);
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<collectorName id="B62F4F135DFFEBDD23FA908486482C25">Y. Suzuki</collectorName>
leg. (YSPC);
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<location id="D14FEBB6503FDC9D50F4718D673BED72" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:A74275A7B1BF5C1598CA279FCA285E09:D14FEBB6503FDC9D50F4718D673BED72" country="Japan" name="Kume-jima Is" stateProvince="Okinawa">Kume-jima Is</location>
.
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:
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, Shimajiri-gun, Maja,
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, litter in a broadleaf forest,
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<date id="7F7233A2B8D727FA7A456767233EABF0" value="2022-05-18">18.May.2022</date>
, F. Ballarin leg. (FBPC);
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, Uegusuku,
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, litter in a broadleaf forest,
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,
<date id="B0A25406275BE7F1BBF947CE5CD1E3E9" value="2022-05-18">18.May.2022</date>
, F. Ballarin leg. (FBPC).
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="FE8A5BF936CD9A8DA230BBDC32DE5E7E" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="3431C259B8200E274B9F93B005BB5922" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Male of
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<emphasis id="9AE74BAC3578E35A346C7C0744191561" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Nesticella okinawaensis</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from male of other Japanese congeners by the short and stocky beak-like median process of conductor (Cm) with a long ventral process (vs a longer, smaller, or thinner Cm, with a smaller or lacking ventral process in other species), by the presence of a long, lobated distal apophysis on the retrolateral process of conductor (Ca) (vs small Ca in
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<emphasis id="81DBEBAE49DF4DF59E24D34D8FE19D16" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. silvicola</emphasis>
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sp. nov. or lacking in other species), and by the shape of paracymbium having an elongated distal process I (Di-I) and a lobated and complex distal process II (Di-II) (vs a shorter Di-I, and a missing, simpler, smaller or thinner Di-II in other species) (Figs
<figureCitation id="737A058BFD22FD17218743C0FDB679FC" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Nesticella okinawaensis A male palp, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) F same after dissection, shape variation (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) G vulva, dorsal view (specimen from Yambaru) H habitus of male (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) I habitus of female (specimen from Yambaru) J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 0.5 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891296" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">12A-D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A172ABE7E8C27A2FCD6CEECF176AF4A7" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Genitalia of Nesticella okinawaensis, Howaia subterranea sp. nov., and N. occulta sp. nov. A male palp of N. okinawaensis, ventral view B same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view D female epigyne, ventral view; E H. subterranea sp. nov., female epigyne, ventral view F N. occulta sp. nov. female epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: Ca - apophysis of the retrolateral process of conductor; Cl - lobe of conductor; Cm - median process of conductor; Co - copulatory opening; Cp - prolateral process of conductor; Cr - retrolateral process of conductor; Di I-II - distal processes I and II of paracymbium; E - embolus; P - paracymbium; Ra - radical apophysis; Rx - radix; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus; Sd - sperm duct; St - subtegulum; Te - tegulum; Ve - ventral process of paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891297" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">13A-C</figureCitation>
cf. Figs
<figureCitation id="AC24567E44C3753B4F45659030DF1494" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Howaia mogera A male palp (holotype), ventral view B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne ventral view (specimen from Tokyo area) F same after dissection, shape variation G vulva, dorsal view H habitus of male (specimen from Tokyo area) I habitus of female J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; Id - insemination duct; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 1.0 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891285" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">1A-D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="D426A3523D65044B5E0CEB2AC62FE4A0" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Howaia alba sp. nov. A male palp (holotype), ventral view B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne (one of the paratypes), ventral view F same, shape variation G vulva, dorsal view H habitus of male (holotype) I habitus of female (one of the paratypes) J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; Id - insemination duct; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 1.0 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891286" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">2A-D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="1C156B1BB0A1C6354D769BF7E522501A" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Genitalia of Howaia mogera and H. alba sp. nov. A male palp of H. mogera, ventral view B same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view E male palp of H. alba sp. nov., ventral view F same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view H female epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: Cl - lobe of conductor; Cm - median process of conductor; Co - copulatory opening; Cp - prolateral process of conductor; Cr - retrolateral process of conductor; Di - distal process of paracymbium; E - embolus; P - paracymbium; Ra - radical apophysis; Rx - radix; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus; Sd - sperm duct; St - subtegulum; Te - tegulum; Ve - ventral process of paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891288" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">4A-C, E-G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="4F3E3ED73283B47473F66A918268817E" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Nesticella brevipes A male palp (paratype), ventral view B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne (holotype), ventral view F same, female from Kyushu G vulva, dorsal view H habitus of male (old specimen from Kyushu); I habitus of female (specimen from Shikoku); J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; Id - insemination duct; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 1.0 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891289" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">5A-D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="30B71182836AAC82DA07089DB09D8EA2" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Nesticella terrestris A male palp (one of the topotypes), ventral view B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne (topotype), ventral view F same after dissection, shape variation G vulva, dorsal view H habitus of male (topotype) I habitus of female J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; Id - insemination duct; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 1.0 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891290" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">6A-D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="1DE6640949C5B203D579205EBB60E7B4" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Genitalia of Nesticella brevipes and N. terrestris A male palp of N. brevipes, ventral view B same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view E male palp of N. terrestris, ventral view F same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view H female epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: Cl - lobe of conductor; Cm - median process of conductor; Co - copulatory opening; Cp - prolateral process of conductor; Cr - retrolateral process of conductor; Di I-II - distal process (es) I and II of paracymbium; Do - dorsal process of paracymbium; E - embolus; P - paracymbium; Ra - radical apophysis; Rx - radix; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus; Sd - sperm duct; St - subtegulum; Te - tegulum; Ve I-II - ventral processes I and II of paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891291" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">7A-C, E-G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="F8F339D0AC41F57710B3F8A668066CE7" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Nesticella silvicola sp. nov. A male palp (holotype), ventral view B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne (one of the paratypes), ventral view F same, from shape variation G vulva, dorsal view H habitus of male I habitus of female J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; Id - insemination duct; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 1.0 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891292" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">8A-D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A094D44E5C93BD3DC33C98BF84B204C8" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Nesticella insulana sp. nov. A male palp (holotype), ventral view B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne (one of the paratypes), ventral view F same, from shape variation G vulva, dorsal view H habitus of male I habitus of female J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; Id - insemination duct; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 1.0 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891293" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">9A-D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="943CB4A1BE4569238DE1C6467DE10B6F" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Genitalia of Nesticella silvicola sp. nov. and N. insulana sp. nov. A male palp of N. silvicola sp. nov., ventral view B same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view E male palp of N. insulana sp. nov., ventral view F same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view H female epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: Cl - lobe of conductor; Cm - median process of conductor; Co - copulatory opening; Cp - prolateral process of conductor; Cr - retrolateral process of conductor; Di I-II - distal process (es) I and II of paracymbium; Do - dorsal process of paracymbium; E - embolus; P - paracymbium; Ra - radical apophysis; Rx - radix; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus; Sd - sperm duct; St - subtegulum; Te - tegulum; Ve I-II - ventral processes I and II of paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891294" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">10A-C, E-G</figureCitation>
). Female of
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<emphasis id="A49BAA1F1834EACC8254C32CE9B1F92D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. okinawaensis</emphasis>
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is easily distinguished from female of other Japanese species by the shape of the internal copulatory ducts (Cd), thin and convoluted (vs thicker and less convoluted Cd in other species) (Figs
<figureCitation id="98AB6FE9BB2D1E8E60D8BFDABDA3CF62" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Nesticella okinawaensis A male palp, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) F same after dissection, shape variation (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) G vulva, dorsal view (specimen from Yambaru) H habitus of male (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) I habitus of female (specimen from Yambaru) J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 0.5 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891296" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">12E-G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="780C32D6C2271CE7E40603FE452F8CCD" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Genitalia of Nesticella okinawaensis, Howaia subterranea sp. nov., and N. occulta sp. nov. A male palp of N. okinawaensis, ventral view B same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view D female epigyne, ventral view; E H. subterranea sp. nov., female epigyne, ventral view F N. occulta sp. nov. female epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: Ca - apophysis of the retrolateral process of conductor; Cl - lobe of conductor; Cm - median process of conductor; Co - copulatory opening; Cp - prolateral process of conductor; Cr - retrolateral process of conductor; Di I-II - distal processes I and II of paracymbium; E - embolus; P - paracymbium; Ra - radical apophysis; Rx - radix; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus; Sd - sperm duct; St - subtegulum; Te - tegulum; Ve - ventral process of paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891297" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">13D</figureCitation>
cf. Figs
<figureCitation id="D58A03063155F7B5FA3B6CD699971D44" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Howaia mogera A male palp (holotype), ventral view B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne ventral view (specimen from Tokyo area) F same after dissection, shape variation G vulva, dorsal view H habitus of male (specimen from Tokyo area) I habitus of female J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; Id - insemination duct; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 1.0 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891285" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">1E-G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="11A940F2F62DF707EF174718B16DD593" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Howaia alba sp. nov. A male palp (holotype), ventral view B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne (one of the paratypes), ventral view F same, shape variation G vulva, dorsal view H habitus of male (holotype) I habitus of female (one of the paratypes) J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; Id - insemination duct; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 1.0 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891286" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">2E-G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="0965174E3DF06C419A8DC2DBB8834248" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Howaia subterranea sp. nov. A habitus of female (holotype) B cephalic area of female, frontal view C habitus of female, lateral view D female epigyne, ventral view E vulva, dorsal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; Id - insemination duct; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A, C); 0.2 mm (B, D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891287" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">3D, E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="411A4625AB5DB4E9952886E1C3055D30" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Genitalia of Howaia mogera and H. alba sp. nov. A male palp of H. mogera, ventral view B same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view E male palp of H. alba sp. nov., ventral view F same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view H female epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: Cl - lobe of conductor; Cm - median process of conductor; Co - copulatory opening; Cp - prolateral process of conductor; Cr - retrolateral process of conductor; Di - distal process of paracymbium; E - embolus; P - paracymbium; Ra - radical apophysis; Rx - radix; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus; Sd - sperm duct; St - subtegulum; Te - tegulum; Ve - ventral process of paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891288" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">4D, H</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="419D276BBC8175F8D5C203C20DEFE313" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Nesticella brevipes A male palp (paratype), ventral view B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne (holotype), ventral view F same, female from Kyushu G vulva, dorsal view H habitus of male (old specimen from Kyushu); I habitus of female (specimen from Shikoku); J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; Id - insemination duct; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 1.0 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891289" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">5E-G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="A5505ED882FBF2B2FA2303DC6BEE7CEF" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Nesticella terrestris A male palp (one of the topotypes), ventral view B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne (topotype), ventral view F same after dissection, shape variation G vulva, dorsal view H habitus of male (topotype) I habitus of female J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; Id - insemination duct; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 1.0 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891290" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">6E-G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="74574F1AF46AE4857144E14294F6D638" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Genitalia of Nesticella brevipes and N. terrestris A male palp of N. brevipes, ventral view B same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view E male palp of N. terrestris, ventral view F same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view H female epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: Cl - lobe of conductor; Cm - median process of conductor; Co - copulatory opening; Cp - prolateral process of conductor; Cr - retrolateral process of conductor; Di I-II - distal process (es) I and II of paracymbium; Do - dorsal process of paracymbium; E - embolus; P - paracymbium; Ra - radical apophysis; Rx - radix; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus; Sd - sperm duct; St - subtegulum; Te - tegulum; Ve I-II - ventral processes I and II of paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891291" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">7D, H</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="7843DEBC63E9C37A1B29FF16CE0CA7DE" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Nesticella silvicola sp. nov. A male palp (holotype), ventral view B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne (one of the paratypes), ventral view F same, from shape variation G vulva, dorsal view H habitus of male I habitus of female J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; Id - insemination duct; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 1.0 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891292" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">8E-G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="20D44F4228C30129B797A004C6223612" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Nesticella insulana sp. nov. A male palp (holotype), ventral view B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne (one of the paratypes), ventral view F same, from shape variation G vulva, dorsal view H habitus of male I habitus of female J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; Id - insemination duct; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 1.0 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891293" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">9E-G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6C9BE96011D2524BAA19F7D493FEBD1A" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Genitalia of Nesticella silvicola sp. nov. and N. insulana sp. nov. A male palp of N. silvicola sp. nov., ventral view B same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view E male palp of N. insulana sp. nov., ventral view F same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view H female epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: Cl - lobe of conductor; Cm - median process of conductor; Co - copulatory opening; Cp - prolateral process of conductor; Cr - retrolateral process of conductor; Di I-II - distal process (es) I and II of paracymbium; Do - dorsal process of paracymbium; E - embolus; P - paracymbium; Ra - radical apophysis; Rx - radix; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus; Sd - sperm duct; St - subtegulum; Te - tegulum; Ve I-II - ventral processes I and II of paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891294" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">10D, H</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="09AD094F0822C54F2F0A6236787BCFB4" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Nesticella occulta sp. nov. A habitus of female (holotype) B cephalic area of female, frontal view C female epigyne, ventral view D same, shape variation E vulva, dorsal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; Id - insemination duct; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (A, C); 0.2 mm (B, D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891295" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">11C-E</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="8BAEA6942ED10E901AADFD4F67AFB7B5" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Genitalia of Nesticella okinawaensis, Howaia subterranea sp. nov., and N. occulta sp. nov. A male palp of N. okinawaensis, ventral view B same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view D female epigyne, ventral view; E H. subterranea sp. nov., female epigyne, ventral view F N. occulta sp. nov. female epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: Ca - apophysis of the retrolateral process of conductor; Cl - lobe of conductor; Cm - median process of conductor; Co - copulatory opening; Cp - prolateral process of conductor; Cr - retrolateral process of conductor; Di I-II - distal processes I and II of paracymbium; E - embolus; P - paracymbium; Ra - radical apophysis; Rx - radix; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus; Sd - sperm duct; St - subtegulum; Te - tegulum; Ve - ventral process of paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891297" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">13E, F</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="D0D68B862C8504DC6E281D6F5B8A6D44" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891296" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" start="Figure 12" startId="F12">
<paragraph id="25D8CAD6E155250FA07982A662C5800C" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">
<emphasis id="25880276C21C2E839B2B2961B1FD5022" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Figure 12.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="7F1571ACF19F45228A9B39885B6F4C13" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Nesticella okinawaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="CB60CE9AEE8BFF0EB3545AB731AA74D8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">A</emphasis>
male palp, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru)
<emphasis id="9B5FCE0BDA6698670ECC59B6097E4BB1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">B</emphasis>
same, retrolateral view
<emphasis id="0D323086115050957B3CC68EE74ED5AF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">C</emphasis>
same, ventro-prolateral view
<emphasis id="8839BB56D0FD0E3E6EAC0D4383E9A787" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">D</emphasis>
same, dorsal view
<emphasis id="13404819DBA555F652F17F7D4F649769" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">E</emphasis>
female epigyne, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru)
<emphasis id="802B896024AFF91DA498CF91A5AA6446" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">F</emphasis>
same after dissection, shape variation (specimen from
<normalizedToken id="2B88A6345DDCBF980686232E905ED685" originalValue="Amami-Ōshima">Amami-Ōshima</normalizedToken>
Is.)
<emphasis id="B31B737F3A94077A58BE67C37EC2A23B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">G</emphasis>
vulva, dorsal view (specimen from Yambaru)
<emphasis id="8D4698AC44B325F839908BE7F20F92A8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">H</emphasis>
habitus of male (specimen from
<normalizedToken id="13DB147C6B7DB216A1C9DE2975C20851" originalValue="Amami-Ōshima">Amami-Ōshima</normalizedToken>
Is.)
<emphasis id="2CC8D7A4D7009723667607DDC3141CB1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">I</emphasis>
habitus of female (specimen from Yambaru)
<emphasis id="440E947D70B274540A1B498CB5883132" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">J</emphasis>
cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (
<emphasis id="44B75379365DD096A5C6296395BF835D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">A-G, J</emphasis>
); 0.5 mm (
<emphasis id="FAFBF5D35B20C0C506CE507DB9BCA591" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">H, I</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="1AC590B9427CAD5446CE38B66BD68E20" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891297" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" start="Figure 13" startId="F13">
<paragraph id="000508FDB7DA8E6C18151FE83E6C4824" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">
<emphasis id="401D7504730065E81EFE48DB7A502A3D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Figure 13.</emphasis>
Genitalia of
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<emphasis id="648B44CB268B88C1197C8CF269FE3C90" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Nesticella okinawaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D866081896DF379F788532C858C00D0F" authorityName="Ballarin &amp; Eguchi" authorityYear="2023" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Howaia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Howaia subterranea" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subterranea">
<emphasis id="BA3BD308153732C4D8C8C365C387FA65" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Howaia subterranea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., and
<taxonomicName id="80FCB705D1DEF9D7C390F057C9633F2A" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. occulta" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="occulta">
<emphasis id="35B947C3664D8205E7F1979552372408" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. occulta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis id="7B7DB34D5BCCC4BEC340415693A80568" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">A</emphasis>
male palp of
<taxonomicName id="E7490E0234918623F21817C9A45D1D04" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. okinawaensis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="okinawaensis">
<emphasis id="BA63E8379959578BC4971F6A138F15BA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. okinawaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, ventral view
<emphasis id="F09D4B81DAE2E37F8BFF6BD5E2F74CFB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">B</emphasis>
same, retrolateral view
<emphasis id="CECCB9DBAFE6707420A8A5585C9EDE4F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">C</emphasis>
detail or paracymbium, dorsal view
<emphasis id="CF08CB26F8485098DB36FD994CED721C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">D</emphasis>
female epigyne, ventral view;
<emphasis id="489F107EA0864F525D86EEEFA00FDD7B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">E</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="09777D8AA96DAD308B6C4B3631E2F197" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. subterranea" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="subterranea">
<emphasis id="52437D6CC532FD4FF5B362A71242E2BC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">H. subterranea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., female epigyne, ventral view
<emphasis id="821E01CBA4564B4E9A5B43E1DFDB0C64" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">F</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="8DF8CC5FB4184C231BC138660621BD8C" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. occulta" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="occulta">
<emphasis id="3446324AE5C35483C9B2C43039F95197" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. occulta</emphasis>
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sp. nov. female epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: Ca - apophysis of the retrolateral process of conductor; Cl - lobe of conductor; Cm - median process of conductor; Co - copulatory opening; Cp - prolateral process of conductor; Cr - retrolateral process of conductor; Di I-II - distal processes I and II of paracymbium; E - embolus; P - paracymbium; Ra - radical apophysis; Rx - radix; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus; Sd - sperm duct; St - subtegulum; Te - tegulum; Ve - ventral process of paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E4F4A9C0F7D4FBD3A41BF28962B93CCA" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" type="redescription">
<paragraph id="F19A4D38102449F98824E706A086930D" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Redescription of male</paragraph>
<paragraph id="44B5B74E2F5EA46FB6069B4E3ABD733E" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">
<emphasis id="993DCC1B37DF0910D142F55F3A2069FE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">(from Yambaru Park, Okinawa-honto).</emphasis>
Habitus as in Fig.
<figureCitation id="9ECBCACC3244BBE33D10B7E9D0073BAD" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Nesticella okinawaensis A male palp, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) F same after dissection, shape variation (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) G vulva, dorsal view (specimen from Yambaru) H habitus of male (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) I habitus of female (specimen from Yambaru) J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 0.5 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891296" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">12H</figureCitation>
. Total length 1.89. Prosoma 1.02 long, 0.90 wide. Carapace rounded, yellowish with dark cephalic area, median stripe, and margins. Cervical groove and fovea distinct. Eyes well developed. Eyes measurements: AME = 0.04, ALE = 0.09, PME = 0.09, PLE = 0.09, AME-ALE = 0.03, ALE-PLE = 0.00. Chelicerae, labium, maxillae, and sternum of the same yellowish color as carapace. Legs yellowish with dark annulation on femur, patella, tibia, metatarsus, and tarsus. Legs measurement: I 5.46 (1.51, 0.40, 1.41, 1.41, 0.53), II 4.68 (1.41, 0.38, 1.17, 1.16, 0.56), III 3.43 (1.07, 0.33, 0.77, 0.83, 0.43), IV 5.15 (1.57, 0.41, 1.39, 1.21, 0.57). Opisthosoma dark grey with whitish dorsal mark on dorsal-anterior side.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="82CACA02B1EBA8260E50A3067EAC160A" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">
Male palp as in Figs
<figureCitation id="B73C860BA40CE2C835A40F6D9EB7D757" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Nesticella okinawaensis A male palp, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) F same after dissection, shape variation (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) G vulva, dorsal view (specimen from Yambaru) H habitus of male (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) I habitus of female (specimen from Yambaru) J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 0.5 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891296" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">12A-D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="EF7A1B4AEA71CE03C59BB18E878302BF" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Genitalia of Nesticella okinawaensis, Howaia subterranea sp. nov., and N. occulta sp. nov. A male palp of N. okinawaensis, ventral view B same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view D female epigyne, ventral view; E H. subterranea sp. nov., female epigyne, ventral view F N. occulta sp. nov. female epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: Ca - apophysis of the retrolateral process of conductor; Cl - lobe of conductor; Cm - median process of conductor; Co - copulatory opening; Cp - prolateral process of conductor; Cr - retrolateral process of conductor; Di I-II - distal processes I and II of paracymbium; E - embolus; P - paracymbium; Ra - radical apophysis; Rx - radix; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus; Sd - sperm duct; St - subtegulum; Te - tegulum; Ve - ventral process of paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891297" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">13A-C</figureCitation>
. Cymbium elongated, five or six robust setae on the distal and distal-prolateral margin (Fig.
<figureCitation id="3C897F5995DCEFF2FE3EAE5306E47004" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Nesticella okinawaensis A male palp, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) F same after dissection, shape variation (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) G vulva, dorsal view (specimen from Yambaru) H habitus of male (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) I habitus of female (specimen from Yambaru) J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 0.5 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891296" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">12D</figureCitation>
). Paracymbium with 2 distal processes (Di-I-II) and 1 ventral process (Va). Distal process I (Di-I) long, laterally flattened, slightly bent internally, ending with a small lobated tip; distal process II (Di-II) wide, proximal part laterally flattened, headed frontally, distal part lobated, headed internally bearing 2 small spurs. Ventral process of paracymbium (Va) wide, flat, triangularly shaped. (Figs
<figureCitation id="0BD08BC42F932846F467EF74E488C2B7" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Nesticella okinawaensis A male palp, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) F same after dissection, shape variation (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) G vulva, dorsal view (specimen from Yambaru) H habitus of male (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) I habitus of female (specimen from Yambaru) J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 0.5 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891296" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">12A, B, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="8C62355D44C0938240A0B18BE42B3B7A" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Genitalia of Nesticella okinawaensis, Howaia subterranea sp. nov., and N. occulta sp. nov. A male palp of N. okinawaensis, ventral view B same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view D female epigyne, ventral view; E H. subterranea sp. nov., female epigyne, ventral view F N. occulta sp. nov. female epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: Ca - apophysis of the retrolateral process of conductor; Cl - lobe of conductor; Cm - median process of conductor; Co - copulatory opening; Cp - prolateral process of conductor; Cr - retrolateral process of conductor; Di I-II - distal processes I and II of paracymbium; E - embolus; P - paracymbium; Ra - radical apophysis; Rx - radix; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus; Sd - sperm duct; St - subtegulum; Te - tegulum; Ve - ventral process of paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891297" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">13A, C</figureCitation>
). Embolus (E) long and filiform, origin of embolus positioned at ~ 4:30
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on radix (Rx). Radical apophysis (Ra) strongly sclerotized, rectangularly shaped, flat, and stocky with granulated surface. Conductor with 3 distinct processes (Cp, Cr, Cm) and a half-transparent distal lobe (Cl). Prolateral process (Cp) long and flat, ribbon-like, headed counterclockwise, wrapped around embolus. Retrolateral process (Cr) wide and thick, curved internally, distally bearing a long, lobated apophysis (Ca) and a flat, triangular outgrowth in the central part. Median process of conductor (Cm) beak-like, short and stocky, strongly sclerotized, with a long, strongly sclerotized ventral process (Figs
<figureCitation id="A8181B905186144F1E8D9A5E19318408" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Nesticella okinawaensis A male palp, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) F same after dissection, shape variation (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) G vulva, dorsal view (specimen from Yambaru) H habitus of male (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) I habitus of female (specimen from Yambaru) J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 0.5 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891296" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">12A-C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="4F30F3353CEE2DE3CB1242166573AD18" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Genitalia of Nesticella okinawaensis, Howaia subterranea sp. nov., and N. occulta sp. nov. A male palp of N. okinawaensis, ventral view B same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view D female epigyne, ventral view; E H. subterranea sp. nov., female epigyne, ventral view F N. occulta sp. nov. female epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: Ca - apophysis of the retrolateral process of conductor; Cl - lobe of conductor; Cm - median process of conductor; Co - copulatory opening; Cp - prolateral process of conductor; Cr - retrolateral process of conductor; Di I-II - distal processes I and II of paracymbium; E - embolus; P - paracymbium; Ra - radical apophysis; Rx - radix; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus; Sd - sperm duct; St - subtegulum; Te - tegulum; Ve - ventral process of paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891297" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">13A, B</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="47713DDD06EE9BAA86C1EA2699E2869B" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Redescription of female</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B1E136C36939731CD5E49AE6DF33BE4D" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">
<emphasis id="F1E8A3DAC3C6F75AF82CACBD6806D8FD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">(from Yambaru Park, Okinawa-honto).</emphasis>
Habitus as in Figs
<figureCitation id="B7F76487E177B309D23E57AF626F2773" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Nesticella okinawaensis A male palp, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) F same after dissection, shape variation (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) G vulva, dorsal view (specimen from Yambaru) H habitus of male (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) I habitus of female (specimen from Yambaru) J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 0.5 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891296" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">12I</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="D3A308205D119205F6A588D3E438467D" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Nesticella and Howaia species in life and their natural habitats A female of H. mogera B female of N. terrestris C female of H. alba sp. nov. D female of N. occulta sp. nov. E female of N. okinawaensis F example of the epigean habitat of Nesticella species in the Ryukyus G habitat of H. alba sp nov. (dark zone of Tsuzupisuki-abu cave) H habitat of N. occulta sp. nov. (dark zone of Kabirano-ana cave) (all photos by F. Ballarin)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891299" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">15E</figureCitation>
. Total length 1.84. Prosoma 0.87 long, 0.72 wide. Carapace piriform. Cephalic area as in Fig.
<figureCitation id="9270A27094F6B09AD28790599B0E5AA5" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Nesticella okinawaensis A male palp, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) F same after dissection, shape variation (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) G vulva, dorsal view (specimen from Yambaru) H habitus of male (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) I habitus of female (specimen from Yambaru) J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 0.5 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891296" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">12J</figureCitation>
. Eyes well-developed. Eyes measurements: AME = 0.03, ALE = 0.08, PME = 0.08, PLE = 0.08, AME-ALE = 0.03, ALE-PLE = 0.00. Legs measurements: I 6.13 (1.51, 0.41, 1.36, 1.28, 0.57), II 3.66 (1.09, 0.36, 0.85, 0.83, 0.53), III 2.58 (0.70, 0.31, 0.56, 0.55, 0.46), IV 4.26 (1.33, 0.40, 1.04, 0.98, 0.51). Coloration and other details as in male.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="92D4C1492E0EA3DF87E451023B2716CF" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">
Epigyne and vulva as in Figs
<figureCitation id="AD7149070C5492411ADB020C4F75F4F0" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Nesticella okinawaensis A male palp, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) F same after dissection, shape variation (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) G vulva, dorsal view (specimen from Yambaru) H habitus of male (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) I habitus of female (specimen from Yambaru) J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 0.5 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891296" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">12E-G</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="377C26064A9F75A90CB600AFA5A6EE69" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Genitalia of Nesticella okinawaensis, Howaia subterranea sp. nov., and N. occulta sp. nov. A male palp of N. okinawaensis, ventral view B same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view D female epigyne, ventral view; E H. subterranea sp. nov., female epigyne, ventral view F N. occulta sp. nov. female epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: Ca - apophysis of the retrolateral process of conductor; Cl - lobe of conductor; Cm - median process of conductor; Co - copulatory opening; Cp - prolateral process of conductor; Cr - retrolateral process of conductor; Di I-II - distal processes I and II of paracymbium; E - embolus; P - paracymbium; Ra - radical apophysis; Rx - radix; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus; Sd - sperm duct; St - subtegulum; Te - tegulum; Ve - ventral process of paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891297" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">13D</figureCitation>
. Scapus (Sc) short, rectangular, elongated laterally, ~ 2
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wider than long, bearing a flat posterior margin (Figs
<figureCitation id="6AC5B16E86A1EADD5CB2E2B5CF8D6FCB" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Nesticella okinawaensis A male palp, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) F same after dissection, shape variation (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) G vulva, dorsal view (specimen from Yambaru) H habitus of male (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) I habitus of female (specimen from Yambaru) J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 0.5 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891296" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">12E, F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="30ED5FD8C93E04022BB9F7C11AA239F9" captionStart="Figure 13" captionStartId="F13" captionText="Figure 13. Genitalia of Nesticella okinawaensis, Howaia subterranea sp. nov., and N. occulta sp. nov. A male palp of N. okinawaensis, ventral view B same, retrolateral view C detail or paracymbium, dorsal view D female epigyne, ventral view; E H. subterranea sp. nov., female epigyne, ventral view F N. occulta sp. nov. female epigyne, ventral view. Abbreviations: Ca - apophysis of the retrolateral process of conductor; Cl - lobe of conductor; Cm - median process of conductor; Co - copulatory opening; Cp - prolateral process of conductor; Cr - retrolateral process of conductor; Di I-II - distal processes I and II of paracymbium; E - embolus; P - paracymbium; Ra - radical apophysis; Rx - radix; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus; Sd - sperm duct; St - subtegulum; Te - tegulum; Ve - ventral process of paracymbium. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure13" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891297" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">13D</figureCitation>
). Copulatory opening (Co) at the inner-lateral sides of scapus. Internal ducts slightly visible through the transparent tegument, shaped as 2 inverted round brackets. Copulatory ducts (Cd), thin, coiled, reaching the spermathecae after 2 coils. Insemination ducts (Id) thin. Spermathecae (S) small and rounded, separated from each other by ~ 2.5
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their diameter (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E8A8D0A16EA9AE5BED8EAB5BEDBD60FC" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Nesticella okinawaensis A male palp, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) F same after dissection, shape variation (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) G vulva, dorsal view (specimen from Yambaru) H habitus of male (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) I habitus of female (specimen from Yambaru) J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 0.5 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891296" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">12G</figureCitation>
).
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<subSubSection id="FD219D0CB4EA5DA5272AC5D2B44E9EFB" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" type="description">
<paragraph id="50E5566D02BFD9C237325E775D8FC021" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Size variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8EDFFB008C003D7C8AD26DEAFD8D0275" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Male (based on 3 males) Total length: 1.85-1.89, prosoma length: 1.01-1.02, width: 0.88-0.90. Female (based on 8 females) Total length: 1.68-2.07, prosoma length: 0.88-0.92, width: 0.79-0.81.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="6D4BC939B3ED6F9DEE71534E4D0BE2DE" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="CFB8C1A1710FA1A45EF74BBE9C80F6DB" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7E70578901A2A9D0DD9ACF4F4DCC20B0" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">
<taxonomicName id="91D1584AD6D681C84F63F67CE2C04F64" baseAuthorityName="Yaginuma" baseAuthorityYear="1979" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella okinawaensis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="okinawaensis">
<emphasis id="DADDC938729D604F4D7403700F57A20D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Nesticella okinawaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distributed in the islands forming the Central Ryukyu arc (Fig.
<figureCitation id="4B8260BE586834EB6D826B3F75CD0A9D" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Distribution of Nesticella and Howaia species in mainland Japan and Ryukyu Archipelago A distribution of N. brevipes and N. terrestris in mainland Japan and neighboring countries B distribution of Nesticella and Howaia species endemic to the Ryukyu Archipelago C distribution of H. mogera in mainland Japan and neighboring countries D distribution of H. mogera in the Ryukyu Archipelago and neighboring countries. Colored squares refer to the type localities of the species, colored dots indicate the locations of specimens whose morphology has been checked during this study, dashed areas refer to the generally known distribution of the species, question marks refer to unclear distributions (see &quot; remarks on misidentifications &quot; of N. brevipes and N. terrestris)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891300" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">16B</figureCitation>
). The new records for
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and Okinoerabu-jima islands herein reported extend the known distribution of this species ~ 200 km to the North-East. Currently,
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<emphasis id="9D95A7F4FE08847AF5C4BA9D4729ED68" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. okinawaensis</emphasis>
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is recorded from the islands of
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, Okinoerabu-jima, Okinawa-honto, and Kume-jima (
<bibRefCitation id="7BEE8512F5BA948F052D1BB15FC8F352" author="Yaginuma, T" journalOrPublisher="Otemon Gakuin University" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" pagination="255 - 287" refId="B60" refString="Yaginuma, T, 1979. A study of the Japanese species of nesticid spiders. Faculty of Letters Revue. Otemon Gakuin University 13: 255 - 287" title="A study of the Japanese species of nesticid spiders. Faculty of Letters Revue." volume="13" year="1979">Yaginuma 1979</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="E7D006CBC0C15C96FA0C5810F7B29BC9" author="Tanikawa, A" journalOrPublisher="Kishidaia" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" pagination="61 - 101" refId="B53" refString="Tanikawa, A, Sasaki, T, 1999. A check list of spiders in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Kishidaia 76: 61 - 101" title="A check list of spiders in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan." volume="76" year="1999">Tanikawa and Sasaki 1999</bibRefCitation>
; and this work) but its presence in other minor islands of the Central Ryukyu is also probable.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="28963B04AF88A4B766A6959B9290FD21" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" type="habitat">
<paragraph id="FF3837996D7713240B3952E87B0E1308" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Habitat and ecology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="044D6E4BC6662E874F2E9A3D769DED99" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">
<taxonomicName id="734AB326596638DF1A2B1DBCEEB97366" baseAuthorityName="Yaginuma" baseAuthorityYear="1979" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella okinawaensis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="okinawaensis">
<emphasis id="4CB70CDC12308F61FA4E5A506DEC1F46" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Nesticella okinawaensis</emphasis>
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dwells in humid and shadowed habitats such as caves, narrow valleys, and vegetated cliffs. This species builds simple scaffold webs in empty spaces in the leaf litter or under logs and superficial rocks, as well as in recesses of the walls and floor of caves, usually in the twilight zone.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="066FA8E780D941A38E5525DA4F04C6D5" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="D8BB3C475F5725B0773D758C13348639" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Remarks on intraspecific variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9A0413981B29242D801A947F23B9C0E5" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">
The general coloration and the dorsal pattern of the opisthosoma appear rather variable in
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<emphasis id="D0E34A0B94BB8D86204FA471C41E6571" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. okinawaensis</emphasis>
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, changing among populations living in different areas or different islands or even single individuals. Populations living in the northern area of Okinawa-honto Is. often show a darker pattern, with less clear marks often reduced to a single whitish spot on the dorsal-anterior side (Figs
<figureCitation id="0F56687BB289FD2123DC75604CDB02D0" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Nesticella okinawaensis A male palp, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) F same after dissection, shape variation (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) G vulva, dorsal view (specimen from Yambaru) H habitus of male (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) I habitus of female (specimen from Yambaru) J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 0.5 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891296" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">12I</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="78A65C3A73305FC71F76C6EE40E55D55" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Nesticella and Howaia species in life and their natural habitats A female of H. mogera B female of N. terrestris C female of H. alba sp. nov. D female of N. occulta sp. nov. E female of N. okinawaensis F example of the epigean habitat of Nesticella species in the Ryukyus G habitat of H. alba sp nov. (dark zone of Tsuzupisuki-abu cave) H habitat of N. occulta sp. nov. (dark zone of Kabirano-ana cave) (all photos by F. Ballarin)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891299" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">15E</figureCitation>
); populations from Kume-jima Is. often have a whitish continuous stripe along the median line of the opisthosoma, while populations from
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Is. usually have a general lighter pattern with numerous larger light marks partially fused to each other (Fig.
<figureCitation id="9150D079C59B8A5FB29CA7F9C345A1DB" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Nesticella okinawaensis A male palp, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) B same, retrolateral view C same, ventro-prolateral view D same, dorsal view E female epigyne, ventral view (specimen from Yambaru) F same after dissection, shape variation (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) G vulva, dorsal view (specimen from Yambaru) H habitus of male (specimen from Amami-Ōshima Is.) I habitus of female (specimen from Yambaru) J cephalic area of female, frontal view. Abbreviations: Cd - copulatory duct; Co - copulatory opening; S - spermatheca; Sc - scapus. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-G, J); 0.5 mm (H, I)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891296" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">12H</figureCitation>
). The shape of scapus also shows minor variability among specimens from different islands with the samples from Kume-jima Is. and Okinoerabu-jima Is. generally having a slightly narrower scapus. A high degree of genetic variation is also observed between population distributed in different islands (e.g., Amami Is.-Kumejima Is. = 7.3-7.8%; Amami Is.-Okinawa Is. = 7.5%; Kumejima Is.-Okinawa Is. = 5.6-6.7%).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="90B5E1F004842B536864739236B33311" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="8F781FFAE1EE7F8B7D4CD1B621860029" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Remarks on systematic.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="08C91CEFC467D87D7A69635815B14907" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">
<taxonomicName id="8C863A78FF5B4224BB6D68CEA20784F7" baseAuthorityName="Yaginuma" baseAuthorityYear="1979" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella okinawaensis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="okinawaensis">
<emphasis id="D059BB9E8609D5C36661864F04A8D91B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Nesticella okinawaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was provisionally included in the
<taxonomicName id="E81F33493CDB576F5FB4B5E5DCA2FA57" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. brevipes" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="brevipes">
<emphasis id="041D201152157FA1E011C2278A8E10D0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. brevipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group by
<bibRefCitation id="596BB68AB41045B27D94B75672A9B607" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.627.8629" author="Lin, YC" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" pagination="1 - 168" refId="B28" refString="Lin, YC, Ballarin, F, Li, SQ, 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: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.627.8629" title="A survey of the spider family Nesticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Asia and Madagascar, with the description of forty-three new species." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.627.8629" volume="627" year="2016">Lin et al. (2016)</bibRefCitation>
on the basis of published drawings only. Our molecular analysis, and a detailed morphological comparison of this species with the type material of
<taxonomicName id="9DA497C3FC0D8D7360851F120F9C29F3" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. brevipes" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="brevipes">
<emphasis id="20F56EB0B84628714BF2EAFFCA721452" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. brevipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, suggest that
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<emphasis id="8064C5F9A50C7725C04291AE912B51B1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. okinawaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is in fact far related to the
<taxonomicName id="DF43FA2D52DD988519043AD7AA19A962" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. brevipes" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="brevipes">
<emphasis id="3F8C6940A7324B698D9337E2AD4E2024" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. brevipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group and it belongs to a distinct clade. In addition, this species seems to have a basal position within the genus
<taxonomicName id="5317A6574BFF4C9D96F73197E7614127" authorityName="Lehtinen &amp; Saaristo" authorityYear="1980" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="A02B504788BF6D21A227DBD954329687" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Nesticella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="C1BA5D64D843C13EF08DF8FE4960720A" captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. Combined phylogenetic tree based on COI gene fragment reconstructed using maximum likelihood (ML) on RAxML and Bayesian inference (BI) on MrBayes. Support at each node denotes the ML bootstrap value (BV) and BI posterior probability (PP). Nodes highly supported by at least one method (BV ≥ 70 or PP ≥ 0.95) are highlighted by a black dot. Branch lengths were scaled concerning the number of substitutions per site. Each species corresponding to monophyletic clades are represented with different branch colors, species from Japan are highlighted with a colored background: red = H. mogera, azure = H. alba sp. nov., yellow = N. occulta sp. nov., violet = N. insulana sp. nov., light green = N. silvicola sp. nov., blue = N. brevipes, orange = N. terrestris, dark green = N. okinawaensis. The tree is rooted using the species Wraios longiembolus. The right lines denote the results of the species delimitation analysis based on morphological (MO) and molecular (ASAP, mPTP, and bPTP) data." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891298" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">14</figureCitation>
). Nevertheless, the phylogeny reconstructed in this work is based on a single gene fragment and includes only a part of the known
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<emphasis id="7A727C41EC2597565B0C3913A3147822" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Nesticella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species. Preliminary analysis including more species (e.g., species of the
<taxonomicName id="BFE68AAB7BA9E45B1A9676451B1B00EF" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. phami" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="phami">
<emphasis id="9CD3531D238B6749B77C9CFEEF54C1C5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. phami</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group) seem to confirm the monophyly of
<taxonomicName id="7335191A15D0F2EDA3D8B445EA62FAD4" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. okinawaensis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="okinawaensis">
<emphasis id="C31F9DC6C512E5B0BB78BE41378A762C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. okinawaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
although the support of the main nodes decreases substantially. Wider and more detailed molecular and morphological studies including a larger number of species and gene fragments are necessary to confirm the phylogenetic position of
<taxonomicName id="95127A0D76C84455BB21FE0682079BEE" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. okinawaensis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="okinawaensis">
<emphasis id="62A558F37CD49A577B1E98143F0AE2AA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. okinawaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
within
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<emphasis id="5ADD4EE7B28CEEB144EA307A89E70E75" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Nesticella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<caption id="3A494F297DE08DA3346D45DB24122692" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891298" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" start="Figure 14" startId="F14">
<paragraph id="F3E5491CAEC3C405153ADFDFB5286545" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">
<emphasis id="5D72FA0535A7E55A50F6B9A3BD197DB6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Figure 14.</emphasis>
Combined phylogenetic tree based on COI gene fragment reconstructed using maximum likelihood (ML) on RAxML and Bayesian inference (BI) on MrBayes. Support at each node denotes the ML bootstrap value (BV) and BI posterior probability (PP). Nodes highly supported by at least one method (BV ≥ 70 or PP ≥ 0.95) are highlighted by a black dot. Branch lengths were scaled concerning the number of substitutions per site. Each species corresponding to monophyletic clades are represented with different branch colors, species from Japan are highlighted with a colored background: red =
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<emphasis id="1A3C399EEE0F4B17151F95CF64ADF8A6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">H. mogera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, azure =
<taxonomicName id="7CF436C751669FCFFA39D5E3D96DBF22" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. alba" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="269F82035A2CDB23C7412458F6382FCB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">H. alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., yellow =
<taxonomicName id="496885D9377956076DE22740EE111948" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. occulta" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="occulta">
<emphasis id="3F056E4E5FE66BFBEF78728A5CF87BD9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. occulta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., violet =
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<emphasis id="DDDF709C7C9179D06E81517F6B3CE2E9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. insulana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., light green =
<taxonomicName id="C64A55C511A124584A8096DB585F2CFE" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. silvicola" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="silvicola">
<emphasis id="45BF8C3EF9079219679504BB9398E549" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. silvicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., blue =
<taxonomicName id="9F45F39F0ED469AE4809E92B29F6AB8F" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. brevipes" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="brevipes">
<emphasis id="826D29C9615702FCF9240557F1318101" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. brevipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, orange =
<taxonomicName id="F14961A0C1D88CF5FF5F2EE9FB713808" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. terrestris" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="terrestris">
<emphasis id="FF065C2B1967E3A8DA8C463D3D091E55" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. terrestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, dark green =
<taxonomicName id="371F449A03924B407B2A0657DE0DF134" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. okinawaensis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="okinawaensis">
<emphasis id="311416BB8EA5F5C05ED979523042E545" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. okinawaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The tree is rooted using the species
<taxonomicName id="50638347E04BF9F02A2B379B7E558F26" authorityName="Ballarin &amp; Li" authorityYear="2015" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Wraios" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Wraios longiembolus" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longiembolus">
<emphasis id="D8A8D44D86ADDFB45C78D5AAD371FC12" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Wraios longiembolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The right lines denote the results of the species delimitation analysis based on morphological (MO) and molecular (ASAP, mPTP, and bPTP) data.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="9FE10E9C8E97E45E493B70345FA1B8F9" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891299" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" start="Figure 15" startId="F15">
<paragraph id="55742F400AF4402979F5DEBD3AE02EBE" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">
<emphasis id="081A8FB7CAAB8FCE5C5645D49578CE14" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Figure 15.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="90E4EA9471741A585FB6AC962FDD7F8E" authorityName="Lehtinen &amp; Saaristo" authorityYear="1980" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C6D23810A3CAFB4E996B2B8F409A5380" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Nesticella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="39689BEAE1F554799BA7891C3A3DA5AA" authorityName="Lehtinen &amp; Saaristo" authorityYear="1980" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Howaia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Howaia" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D77EAE37FF4E80E9D546BBDE05482280" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Howaia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species in life and their natural habitats
<emphasis id="A5C62B1F8233685A702773B0E512B976" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">A</emphasis>
female of
<taxonomicName id="2D14210CCF7EC491EFBE3C71B8ACD1C7" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. mogera" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="mogera">
<emphasis id="612F88317B6699CA135C5935C80E3C37" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">H. mogera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="4FF00E70F76B6E5CE2F63EC2F2931971" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">B</emphasis>
female of
<taxonomicName id="6B6878A7AB9A2852926F5FECA768C225" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. terrestris" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="terrestris">
<emphasis id="52FD9E2C97269B0DED90294CF6B37BDF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. terrestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="4FEEF40B3FF634129DD7A4A0BABD604A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">C</emphasis>
female of
<taxonomicName id="25F78CC3D5E0DDCF638BBAE8407E896B" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. alba" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="1BD77569782E2EBD3684E3A6D0F69942" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">H. alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis id="EB8F26596DC3CB2672EF7DDA04D93F94" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">D</emphasis>
female of
<taxonomicName id="8BB24EF10BE717AD2DEB47DD2A946F17" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. occulta" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="occulta">
<emphasis id="A4463921BB875BD24A3243B786730B85" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. occulta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
<emphasis id="D52194189FDF06BFB5193B1E57455604" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">E</emphasis>
female of
<taxonomicName id="D177698051A1AA9FD77EFC16E4593B47" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. okinawaensis" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="okinawaensis">
<emphasis id="1A89C4BFB207F966F9FD4266E8A3EFE9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. okinawaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="083072E830E44B0805EA67981B918231" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">F</emphasis>
example of the epigean habitat of
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<emphasis id="8D2E536DEC94EB4F7298114034865602" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Nesticella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species in the Ryukyus
<emphasis id="3333DF3E67B0F284510DC197845C40C2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">G</emphasis>
habitat of
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<emphasis id="EE5C1F353B9A9DFE074083FB1A90CEB2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">H. alba</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp nov. (dark zone of Tsuzupisuki-abu cave)
<emphasis id="E58CC714BD236BA6954B8761D974F70C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">H</emphasis>
habitat of
<taxonomicName id="4C2A9E640285A1CBDA146CD0A3A1776E" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. occulta" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="occulta">
<emphasis id="F00B25C75B0814FE3F414359259F10A3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. occulta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. (dark zone of Kabirano-ana cave) (all photos by F. Ballarin).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="EE20E3C9A641D4BE2B0176FE51ACCFFA" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891300" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" start="Figure 16" startId="F16">
<paragraph id="A04CAFCD2E582BEEF0E53C055FD9216B" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">
<emphasis id="4A8DD9EF1DA62A457BE76BA93C0C64E0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Figure 16.</emphasis>
Distribution of
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<emphasis id="4CF347C8F5CDABF1C65554B0854CCC79" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Nesticella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="B6AB804A6F5EFC14A0DBC5BFC6E0B7A3" authorityName="Lehtinen &amp; Saaristo" authorityYear="1980" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Howaia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Howaia" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="02EF9210CB981BC33137A2EBFFAE372D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Howaia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species in mainland Japan and Ryukyu Archipelago
<emphasis id="F3C47CA29C297BCCC58B353763F45139" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">A</emphasis>
distribution of
<taxonomicName id="5218E0E3DA243976E3C648A80DA59627" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. brevipes" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="brevipes">
<emphasis id="E8845BE0EDB629EA54596F3D5D621E78" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. brevipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="224C74F0279CDE6AC6A0EA23F47AAAF5" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. terrestris" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="terrestris">
<emphasis id="474BCEBEBFD5F07943CA81086EC62A79" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. terrestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in mainland Japan and neighboring countries
<emphasis id="66F3812004FB0C971DFF84365CD4DBE8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">B</emphasis>
distribution of
<taxonomicName id="0D963BD951D4BA2539408E6B1DB3D95D" authorityName="Lehtinen &amp; Saaristo" authorityYear="1980" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="9E3739B1EC83F9877D87B578E057BA63" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Nesticella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="DE7D801DB34180CB2AA3216FCF562D78" authorityName="Lehtinen &amp; Saaristo" authorityYear="1980" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Howaia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Howaia" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="7F6F8A245E85F5AF25A6E8D8BFAE6983" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Howaia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species endemic to the Ryukyu Archipelago
<emphasis id="3D2C0BAACFA9546356F6330DC54BCFAE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">C</emphasis>
distribution of
<taxonomicName id="C0569FAECB53DDBE14A1DE4574BBFE27" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. mogera" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="mogera">
<emphasis id="029934238053EF55CAD8ECE2AB67AE0F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">H. mogera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in mainland Japan and neighboring countries
<emphasis id="BAC36044C1F09425D95B66D6E9CF3F58" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">D</emphasis>
distribution of
<taxonomicName id="7449EF76E64E99DD18E2980484B6E3B1" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. mogera" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="mogera">
<emphasis id="7D617A3B15B33291A23184992203EC95" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">H. mogera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the Ryukyu Archipelago and neighboring countries. Colored squares refer to the type localities of the species, colored dots indicate the locations of specimens whose morphology has been checked during this study, dashed areas refer to the generally known distribution of the species, question marks refer to unclear distributions (see &quot;remarks on misidentifications&quot; of
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<emphasis id="388550C44E47D8429A7AA564FCE77D5A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. brevipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="FFC46947524495BE2A98BAE9026E40C3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. terrestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="A35BA31BF6E0E26729B7D019F961A140" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1174.101251.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/891301" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" start="Figure 17" startId="F17">
<paragraph id="C31B0591E39E100230157AA456F1E314" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">
<emphasis id="476D7B1E580F32FB68C558DB508EC976" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Figure 17.</emphasis>
Size comparison between
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<emphasis id="2A9F36E28322673BE4C632C8233A4671" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Nesticella brevipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="E3FCBB9F2D6254F9255189833E2DE1DA" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. terrestris" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="terrestris">
<emphasis id="13C514BC5D01A14F5467D2769E06291B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. terrestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B9BE004F5846F986CB89C7F1D8EA696E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">A</emphasis>
visual comparison of adult females of
<taxonomicName id="F2E3BB15A857E33EF01B6F1B4FFB5F48" baseAuthorityName="Yaginuma" baseAuthorityYear="1970" class="Arachnida" family="Nesticidae" genus="Nesticella" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Nesticella brevipes" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevipes">
<emphasis id="9F025F6A961BCF2CA6939B4CE497B2FA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Nesticella brevipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(left) and
<taxonomicName id="E19C85339D93BD6ABCF7C37514E889F1" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. terrestris" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="terrestris">
<emphasis id="B1D1BFABDEA7D46B382C2777BC70EBDE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. terrestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(right)
<emphasis id="6C059289CADCBD06F5F11BD7E64D3379" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">B</emphasis>
Scatterplot of the Tibia I / carapace lengths ratio in females of
<taxonomicName id="BF1C9E849FBCEAC6C8E5205A01EBDE9C" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. brevipes" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="brevipes">
<emphasis id="0BCDF01F2377F06DB4044E90C7702416" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. brevipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(blue circle) and
<taxonomicName id="EEBA2F4CDEAA030458291C4C0F2327E0" family="Nesticidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="N. terrestris" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="219" rank="species" species="terrestris">
<emphasis id="3C972ED817F15F3DDA4A43ECA4840986" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">N. terrestris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(orange circles). Measurements are reported in millimeters. Scale bar: 1 mm (
<emphasis id="FCC5270767B6538077BE4C4902751610" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">A</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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