World Spider Catalog

Genus: Nihonella Ballarin & Yamasaki, 2021 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Nihonella chika Ballarin & Yamasaki, 2021

SPECIES | ACCEPTED | TYPE SPECIES

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052791

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Described:

Distribution: Japan

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan m (20909) - (Ballarin & Yamasaki, 2021)
Paratype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan 2m 25f (20910-20911) - (Ballarin & Yamasaki, 2021)

Taxonomic References

Micryphantidae sp. Yaginuma, 1963b: 55, f. a-d (mf; here per Ballarin et al., 2026c: 408)

Nihonella chika Ballarin & Yamasaki, 2021: 8, f. 1A-G, 2A-H, 3A-G, 4A-F (Dmf) Original description

References

Ballarin, F. & Yamasaki, T. (2021). Nihonella gen. nov., a new troglophilic genus of dwarf spiders from Japan with a discussion on its phylogenetic position within the subfamily Erigoninae (Araneae, Linyphiidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 733: 1-18. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2021.733.1215 -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1963b). Spiders from limestone caves of Akiyoshi Plateau. Bulletin of the Akiyoshi-dai Museum of Natural History 2: 49-62. -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2026-06-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Yaginuma, 1963b
2021-01-26	New taxonomic reference entry	Ballarin & Yamasaki, 2021
2021-01-26	New species inserted	Ballarin & Yamasaki, 2021

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