Nesticella

Nesticella is a genus of spiders of the family Nesticidae. Most of its species are found in Asia—from Russia to Japan, down to Indonesia and several other islands, including New Guinea—though some species from Africa and South-America are also known. It includes a blind spider, Nesticella marapu.

==Species== , this genus includes seventy species: Nesticella aelleni (Brignoli, 1972) – Sri Lanka Nesticella africana (Hubert, 1970) – DR Congo Nesticella arcuata Liu & Li, 2013 – China Nesticella baiseensis Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella baobab Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – Madagascar Nesticella beccus Grall & Jäger, 2016 – China, Laos, Thailand Nesticella benoiti (Hubert, 1970) – Zimbabwe Nesticella brevipes (Yaginuma, 1970) – Japan, Russia, (Far East), China? Korea? Nesticella buicongchieni (Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980) – Vietnam Nesticella caeca Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella chillagoensis Wunderlich, 1995 – Australia (Queensland) Nesticella chongqing Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella connectens Wunderlich, 1995 – Malaysia, Thailand Nesticella dazhuangensis Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella ducke Rodrigues & Buckup, 2007 – Brazil Nesticella falcata Liu & Li, 2013 – China Nesticella foelixi Grall & Jäger, 2016 – Laos Nesticella ganlong Wang, Zheng & Zhang, 2022 – China Nesticella gazuida Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella gongshanensis Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella gracilenta Liu & Li, 2013 – China Nesticella griswoldi Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – Madagascar Nesticella hongheensis Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella insulana Ballarin & Eguchi, 2023 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.) Nesticella inthanoni (Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980) – Myanmar, Thailand Nesticella jingpo Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella kaohsiungensis Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella kerzhneri (Marusik, 1987) – Russia (Far East), Korea Nesticella laotica Grall & Jäger, 2016 – Laos Nesticella lisu Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella liuzhaiensis Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella machadoi (Hubert, 1971) – Angola Nesticella marapu Benjamin, 2004 – Indonesia Nesticella michaliki Grall & Jäger, 2016 – Myanmar Nesticella murici Rodrigues & Buckup, 2007 – Brazil Nesticella nandanensis Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella nepalensis (Hubert, 1973) – India, Nepal, China (type species) Nesticella occulta Ballarin & Eguchi, 2023 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.) Nesticella odonta (Chen, 1984) – China Nesticella okinawaensis (Yaginuma, 1979) – Japan Nesticella phami Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – Vietnam Nesticella potala Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella proszynskii (Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980) – Indonesia (Java) Nesticella qiaoqiensis Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella qiongensis Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella quelpartensis (Paik & Namkung, 1969) – Korea Nesticella renata (Bourne, 1980) – Papua New Guinea (New Ireland) Nesticella robinsoni Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980 – New Guinea Nesticella robusta Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella sanchaheensis Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella sechellana (Simon, 1898) – Seychelles Nesticella semicircularis Liu & Li, 2013 – China Nesticella shanlinensis Liu & Li, 2013 – China Nesticella silvicola Ballarin & Eguchi, 2023 – Japan (Ryukyu Is.) Nesticella sogi Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980 – New Guinea Nesticella songi Chen & Zhu, 2004 – China Nesticella sulawesi Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – Indonesia (Sulawesi) Nesticella sumatrana Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – Indonesia (Sumatra) Nesticella taurama Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980 – New Guinea Nesticella terrestris (Yaginuma, 1970) – Russia (Sakhalin), Japan, Korea? Nesticella tibetana Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella utuensis (Bourne, 1980) – Papua New Guinea (New Ireland) Nesticella vanlang Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – Vietnam Nesticella verticalis Liu & Li, 2013 – China Nesticella wuxi Wang, Zheng & Zhang, 2022 – China Nesticella xiongmao Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella xixia Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella yao Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – China Nesticella yui Wunderlich & Song, 1995 – China, Laos Nesticella zhiyuani Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016 – Indonesia (Sumatra)