In synonymy:
Ivesia Petrunkevitch, 1925 = Nesticus Thorell, 1869 (Kaston, 1945b: 4)
Tuganobia Chamberlin, 1933 = Nesticus Thorell, 1869 (Gertsch, 1984: 16)
Yvesella Arndt, 1928 = Nesticus Thorell, 1869 (Strand, 1932: 194, sub Ivesia)
Transferred to other genera:
Nesticus absoloni Kratochvíl, 1933 -- see Typhlonesticus
Nesticus aelleni Brignoli, 1972 -- see Nesticella
Nesticus africanus Hubert, 1970 -- see Nesticella
Nesticus alteratus Chamberlin, 1924 -- see Neriene
Nesticus arenstorffi Kulczyński, 1914 -- see Kryptonesticus
Nesticus augustinus (Keyserling, 1884) -- see Gaucelmus
Nesticus baeticus López-Pancorbo & Ribera, 2011 -- see Domitius
Nesticus balacescui Dumitrescu, 1979 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus benoiti Hubert, 1970 -- see Nesticella
Nesticus beroni Deltshev, 1977 -- see Kryptonesticus
Nesticus beshkovi Deltshev, 1979 -- see Kryptonesticus
Nesticus biroi Kulczyński, 1895 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus birsteini Charitonov, 1947 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus borutzkyi Reimoser, 1930 -- see Aituaria
Nesticus brevipes Yaginuma, 1970 -- see Nesticella
Nesticus carpaticus Dumitrescu, 1979 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus caucasicus Charitonov, 1947 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus cavernicola (Petrunkevitch, 1910) -- see Gaucelmus
Nesticus cavicola Banks, 1898 -- see Eidmannella
Nesticus cericeus Saito, 1934 -- see Herbiphantes
Nesticus cernensis Dumitrescu, 1979 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus cibiniensis Weiss, 1981 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus constantinescui Dumitrescu, 1979 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus diaconui Dumitrescu, 1979 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus dimensis López-Pancorbo, Kunt & Ribera, 2013 -- see Kryptonesticus
Nesticus dragani Dumitrescu, 1973 -- see Eidmannella
Nesticus eremita Simon, 1880 -- see Kryptonesticus
Nesticus fagei Kratochvíl, 1933 -- see Kryptonesticus
Nesticus floronoides (Komatsu, 1942) -- see Cyclocarcina
Nesticus floronoides komatsui Yaginuma, 1979 -- see Cyclocarcina
Nesticus floronoides notoi Yaginuma, 1979 -- see Cyclocarcina
Nesticus floronoides tatoro Yaginuma, 1979 -- see Cyclocarcina
Nesticus fodinarum Kulczyński, 1894 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus globosus Liu & Li, 2013 -- see Speleoticus
Nesticus helenensis Hubert, 1977 -- see Howaia
Nesticus henderickxi Bosselaers, 1998 -- see Kryptonesticus
Nesticus hungaricus Chyzer, 1894 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus idriacus Roewer, 1931 -- see Typhlonesticus
Nesticus ionescui Dumitrescu, 1979 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus libo Chen & Zhu, 2005 -- see Speleoticus
Nesticus linyphoides (Komatsu, 1960) -- see Cyclocarcina
Nesticus ljovuschkini Pichka, 1965 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus luquei Ribera & Guerao, 1995 -- see Domitius
Nesticus lusitanicus Fage, 1931 -- see Domitius
Nesticus machadoi Hubert, 1971 -- see Nesticella
Nesticus mayanus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938 -- see Maymena
Nesticus menozzii Caporiacco, 1934 -- see Domitius
Nesticus mexicanus (Banks, 1898) -- see Eidmannella
Nesticus mogera Yaginuma, 1972 -- see Howaia
Nesticus morisii Brignoli, 1975 -- see Typhlonesticus
Nesticus murgis Ribera & De Mas, 2003 -- see Domitius
Nesticus navicellatus Liu & Li, 2013 -- see Speleoticus
Nesticus nepalensis Hubert, 1973 -- see Nesticella
Nesticus obcaecatus Simon, 1907 -- see Typhlonesticus
Nesticus oculiprominens Saito, 1939 -- see Keijiella
Nesticus odontus Chen, 1984 -- see Nesticella
Nesticus okinawaensis Yaginuma, 1979 -- see Nesticella
Nesticus orghidani Dumitrescu, 1979 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus pallidus Emerton, 1875 -- see Eidmannella
Nesticus plesai Dumitrescu, 1980 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus ponticus Spassky, 1932 -- see Aituaria
Nesticus puteorum Kulczyński, 1894 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus quelpartensis Paik & Namkung, 1969 -- see Nesticella
Nesticus racovitzai Dumitrescu, 1980 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus renatus Bourne, 1980 -- see Nesticella
Nesticus sbordonii Brignoli, 1979 -- see Domitius
Nesticus sechellanus Simon, 1898 -- see Nesticella
Nesticus silvestrii Fage, 1929 -- see Typhlonesticus
Nesticus simoni Fage, 1931 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus spelaeus Szombathy, 1917 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus speluncarum Pavesi, 1873 -- see Domitius
Nesticus suggerens Chamberlin, 1924 -- see Eidmannella
Nesticus terrestris Yaginuma, 1970 -- see Nesticella
Nesticus uenoi Yaginuma, 1972 -- see Speleoticus
Nesticus utuensis Bourne, 1980 -- see Nesticella
Nesticus vejdovskyi Kratochvíl, 1939 -- see Typhlonesticus
Nesticus wiehlei Dumitrescu, 1979 -- see Carpathonesticus
Nesticus yaginumai Yin, 2012 -- see Speleoticus
Nesticus zaitzevi Charitonov, 1939 -- see Carpathonesticus
In synonymy:
Nesticus cellulanus (Olivier, 1879) = Nesticus cellulanus Clerck, 1757 (, Clerckian names validated by ICZN, 1959 (Direction 104))
Nesticus cellulanus noctivagus Simon, 1913 = Nesticus cellulanus Clerck, 1757 (Ribera, 1979: 294)
Nesticus cellularia (Meyer, 1790, T from Aranea) = Nesticus cellulanus Clerck, 1757 (Simon, 1881a: 46)
Nesticus cooperi Gertsch, 1984 = Nesticus reclusus Gertsch, 1984 (Hedin & Milne, 2023: 116)
Nesticus crypticola (Walckenaer, 1802, T from Linyphia) = Nesticus cellulanus Clerck, 1757 (Simon, 1881a: 46)
Nesticus pallidulus (Blackwall, 1834) = Nesticus cellulanus Clerck, 1757 (Blackwall, 1864a: 224, sub Linyphia crypticolens = crypticola)
Nesticus terrestrellus (Roewer, 1942, T from Theridion) = Nesticus cellulanus Clerck, 1757 (Bryant, 1941: 135, Theridion terrestre = T. terrestrellum)
Nesticus terrestris (Emerton, 1924, T from Theridion) = Nesticus cellulanus Clerck, 1757 (Bryant, 1941: 135)
Nesticus valentinei Gertsch, 1984 = Nesticus barri Gertsch, 1984 (Hedin & Dellinger, 2005: 904)
Nomen nudum:
Nesticus chrysaster Kishida -- Brignoli, 1983c: 232