type Nesticus mogera Yaginuma, 1972; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a junior synonym of Nesticella Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980 by Wunderlich, 1986: 93, revalidated by Sherwood et al., 2023b: 399.

In synonymy:
Howaia helenensis (Hubert, 1977, T from Nesticella) = Howaia mogera (Yaginuma, 1972) (Sherwood et al., 2023b: 399).

Howaia alba Ballarin & Eguchi, 2023: 236, f. 2A-J, 4E-H, 15C (Dmf).

Nesticella apiculata Liu & Li, 2013a: 502, f. 1A-D, 2A-C, 3A-D, 4A-D (Dmf).
Howaia apiculata Sherwood et al., 2023b: 299 (T from Nesticella).

Nesticella fuliangensis Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016: 78, f. 40A-D, 41A-G (Dmf).
Howaia fuliangensis Sherwood et al., 2023b: 399 (T from Nesticella).

Nesticella huomachongensis Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016: 79, f. 42A-D, 43A-G (Dmf).
Howaia huomachongensis Sherwood et al., 2023b: 399 (T from Nesticella).

Nesticus terrestris Yaginuma, 1970b: 390, f. 7 (m; misidentified per Yaginuma, 1972f: 621).
Nesticus mogera Yaginuma, 1972f: 621, f. 1 (Dmf).
Nesticus mogera Gertsch, 1973b: 168, f. 4-7 (mf).
Nesticus helenensis Hubert, 1977: 153, f. 67a-h (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006599].
Nesticus mogera Yaginuma, 1977a: 315, pl. 2, f. 17 (m).
Nesticus mogera Shimojana, 1977a: 353, f. 6 (m).
Nesticus mogera Yaginuma, 1979a: 275, pl. 6, f. 11-12 (mf).
Howaia helenensis Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980: 53 (T from Nesticus, probable S of H. mogera).
Howaia mogera Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980: 53, f. 7-9, 22-23, 29b (mf, T from Nesticus).
Nesticus mogera Gong & Zhu, 1982: 62, f. a-f (mf).
Nesticus mogera Hu, 1984: 175, f. 184.1-6 (mf).
Nesticus mogera Gertsch, 1984: 44, f. 185, 195-197 (mf).
Nesticus mogera Yaginuma, 1986a: 55, f. 29.8 (mf).
Nesticus mogera Chikuni, 1989b: 45, f. 2 (mf).
Nesticus mogera Chen & Zhang, 1991: 157, f. 155.1-5 (mf).
Nesticus brevipes Paik, 1996f: 72, f. 1-10 (f; misidentified per Ballarin & Eguchi, 2023: 231).
Nesticella mogera Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 86, f. 37B-C, H (mf).
Nesticella mogera Kim, Yoo & Lee, 1999: 183, f. 1-7 (mf).
Howaia mogera Marusik & Guseinov, 2003: 38, f. 17-21 (mf; genus not explicitly revalidated).
Nesticella mogera Kamura & Irie, 2009: 353, f. 108-110 (mf).
Nesticella mogera Kielhorn, 2009: 32, f. 2-3 (m).
Nesticella mogera Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 67, f. 34A-E (mf).
Nesticella mogera Bielak-Bielecki & Rozwałka, 2011: 137, f. 1a-c (f).
Nesticella mogera Yin et al., 2012: 235, f. 74a-d (mf).
Nesticella mogera Liu & Li, 2013a: 521, f. 17A-D, 18A-D (mf).
Nesticella mogera Pfliegler, 2014: 146, f. 1o, 2b, 3b (f).
Nesticella mogera Suzuki et al., 2018: 32, f. c (m).
Nesticella mogera Kim & Lee, 2018c: 27, f. 12A-C (mf).
Nesticella mogera Suzuki, 2019c: 83, f. 11c-d (mf).
Nesticella mogera Pantini, Bonelli & Bonacci, 2020: 29, f. 5 (m).
Nesticella mogera Hänggi et al., 2021: 68, f. 3a-c (f).
Howaia mogera Ballarin & Eguchi, 2023: 231, f. 1A-J, 4A-D, 15A (mf).
Howaia mogera Sherwood et al., 2023b: 399, f. 1-6 (mf, S of Nesticella helenensis).

Nesticella rongtangensis Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016: 85, f. 44A-G (Dm).
Howaia rongtangensis Sherwood et al., 2023b: 399 (T from Nesticella).

Howaia subterranea Ballarin & Eguchi, 2023: 239, f. 3A-E, 13E (Df).

Nesticella wanzaiensis Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016: 85, f. 45A-D, 46A-G (Dmf).
Howaia wanzaiensis Sherwood et al., 2023b: 399 (T from Nesticella).

Nesticella yanbeiensis Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016: 89, f. 47A-D, 48A-G (Dmf).
Howaia yanbeiensis Sherwood et al., 2023b: 399 (T from Nesticella).

Nesticella yintiaoling Wang, Zheng & Zhang, 2022: 14, f. 3A-G (Dmf).
Howaia yintiaoling Sherwood et al., 2023b: 399 (T from Nesticella).