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Genus: Nesticus Thorell, 1869 | Family: Nesticidae Simon, 1894

Nesticus echigonus Yaginuma, 1986

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006657

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Distribution: Japan

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Holotype: Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba (NSMT), Japan m (Ar 1914) - (Nagai, Ballarin & Eguchi, 2026)
Paratype: Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba (NSMT), Japan 1m 1f (Ar 1915, 1917) - (Nagai, Ballarin & Eguchi, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Nesticus echigonus Yaginuma, 1986b: 27, f. 6-12 (Dmf) Original description

Nesticus echigonus Kamura & Irie, 2009: 347, f. 34-35 (mf)

Nesticus echigonus Nagai, Ballarin & Eguchi, 2026: 134, f. 2C-D, 5A-H, 6A-D, 7A-B (mf)

References

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, pp. 345-355. -- Show included taxa

Nagai, T., Ballarin, F. & Eguchi, K. (2026). Integrative taxonomy of the genus Nesticus in central Japan, with the description of a new species and redescriptions of N. echigonus and N. gondai (Araneae, Nesticidae). ZooKeys 1285: 125-145. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1285.202554 ZooBank: 32C87AD6-F90B-482D-88C3-F83B4EE4ACD1 -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1986b). Supplementary notes on Japanese nesticid spiders. Journal of the Speleological Society of Japan 11: 26-29. -- Show included taxa

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-07-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Nagai, Ballarin & Eguchi, 2026
2026-07-20	Type repository inserted	Nagai, Ballarin & Eguchi, 2026