World Spider Catalog

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

Nihonella tanikawai Ballarin & Yamasaki, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067122

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Described:

Distribution: Japan

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba (NSMT), Japan m (26846) - (Ballarin et al., 2026c)
Paratype: Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba (NSMT), Japan 3f (26847) - (Ballarin et al., 2026c)
Paratype: Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo (MNHAH), Japan 2f (B6-000452) - (Ballarin et al., 2026c)
Paratype: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona (MCSNV), Italy 2f (Ar 052-053) - (Ballarin et al., 2026c)

Taxonomic References

Nihonella tanikawai Ballarin & Yamasaki, in Ballarin et al., 2026c: 408, f. 1A-I, 2A-J (Dmf) Original description

References

Ballarin, F., Nagai, T., Yamasaki, T. & Eguchi, K. (2026c). New species and new records of cave-dwelling money spiders from Japan with remarks on the genera Anguliphantes, Arcuphantes, Nihonella, Micrargus, and Porrhomma (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Zootaxa 5828(3): 401-449. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5828.3.1 [[Zoobank: 754F4AB9-A158-4DF6-AA3F-A578CC1BE27B]] -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-06-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Ballarin et al., 2026c
2026-06-10	New species inserted	Ballarin et al., 2026c