• Source: Nesticella mogera

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




Distribution


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




Name


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




Notes






References


Kielhorn, K.-H. (2009) "First records of Spermophora kerinci, Nesticella mogera and Pseudanapis aloha on the European Mainland (Araneae: Pholcidae, Nesticidae, Anapidae)" Arachnol. Mitt. 37: 31-34. PDF
Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 10.5. American Museum of Natural History, New York.

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• Nesticella mogera
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• List of introduced species
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