Nipisa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Pholcidae |
Genus: | Nipisa Huber, 2018[1] |
Type species | |
Calapnita phyllicola (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986)
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Species | |
10, see text |
Nipisa is a genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders erected in 2018 after a molecular phylogenetic study of Pholcidae. It consists of ten Calapnita species, previously the phyllicola group of Pholcidae, now elevated to genus rank.[2] They are pale whitish in color, with a cylindrical abdomen and relatively long legs.[3] The name is derived from the Malay "nipis", meaning "thin", in reference to the long, thin abdomen.[2]
Calapnita‑Panjange clade | |