Nesticodes

Nesticodes
Female with egg sac
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Theridiidae
Genus:Nesticodes
Archer, 1950[1]
Species: N. rufipes
Binomial name
Nesticodes rufipes
(Lucas, 1846)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Anelosimus nelsoni Bryant, 1945
  • Robertus pilosus Denis, 1956
  • Theridion albonotatum Taczanowski, 1872
  • Theridion bajulans L. Koch, 1875
  • Theridion borbonicum Vinson, 1863
  • Theridion flavo-aurantiacum Simon, 1880
  • Theridion longipes Hasselt, 1882
  • Theridion luteolum Blackwall, 1859
  • Theridion luteipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869
  • Theridion rufipes Lucas, 1846

Nesticodes is a genus of spiders in the family Theridiidae. It was first described in 1950 by Archer. As of 2017, it contains only one species,[2] Nesticodes rufipes,[1] the red house spider.

Distribution

This species has a pantropical distribution,[1] having been spread around the world by trade.

Description

Nesticodes rufipes is a small red-bodied spider, non-venomous to humans.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Gen. Nesticodes Archer, 1950", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-04-14
  2. ↑ "Theridiidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  • Lucas, 1846 : Histoire naturelle des animaux articules. Exploration scientifique de l'Algerie pendant les annees 1840, 1841, 1842 publiee par ordre du Gouvernement et avec le concours d'une commission academique. Paris, Sciences physiques, Zoologie, vol. 1, p. 89-271.
  • Archer, 1950 : A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species. Alabama Museum of Natural History Paper, vol. 30, p. 1-40.
  • Nesticodes rufipes at Fauna Europaea
  • "Nesticodes rufipes". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
  • Nesticodes at Fauna Europaea
  • "Nesticodes". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).


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