World Spider Catalog

Genus: Porrhomma Simon, 1884 | Family: Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859

Porrhomma niimiense Ballarin & Yamasaki, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067124

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Described:

Distribution: Japan

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba (NSMT), Japan f (26851) - (Ballarin et al., 2026c)
Paratype: Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba (NSMT), Japan 3f (26852) - (Ballarin et al., 2026c)
Paratype: Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo (MNHAH), Japan 3f (B6-000455) - (Ballarin et al., 2026c)

Taxonomic References

Porrhomma niimiensis Ballarin & Yamasaki, in Ballarin et al., 2026c: 442, f. 25A-F (Df; the ending of the specific epithet is adjectival) 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
2026-06-10	Species updated	Ballarin et al., 2026c	Old value
2026-06-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Ballarin et al., 2026c
2026-06-10	New species inserted	Ballarin et al., 2026c

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