Howaia
| Howaia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Nesticidae |
| Genus: | Howaia Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980[1] |
| Type species | |
| Nesticus mogera Yaginuma, 1972
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| Species | |
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10, see text | |
Howaia is a genus of spiders in the family Nesticidae.[2]
Distribution
Howaia is found in China, Korea, and Japan.[2]
Taxonomy
The genus was reinstated by Sherwood et al. in 2023.[3]
Species
As of January 2026, this genus includes ten species:[2]
- Howaia alba Ballarin & Eguchi, 2023 – Japan (Ryukyu Islands)
- Howaia apiculata (Liu & Li, 2013) – China
- Howaia fuliangensis (Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016) – China
- Howaia huomachongensis (Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016) – China
- Howaia mogera (Yaginuma, 1972) – China, Korea, Japan. Introduced to St. Helena, Europe, Azerbaijan, Pacific islands
- Howaia rongtangensis (Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016) – China
- Howaia subterranea Ballarin & Eguchi, 2023 – Japan (Ryukyu Islands)
- Howaia wanzaiensis (Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016) – China
- Howaia yanbeiensis (Lin, Ballarin & Li, 2016) – China
- Howaia yintiaoling (Wang, Zheng & Zhang, 2022) – China
References
- ^ Lehtinen, P. T.; Saaristo, M. I. (1980). "Spiders of the Oriental-Australian region. II. Nesticidae". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 17: 47–66.
- ^ a b c "Gen. Howaia Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
- ^ Sherwood, D.; Jocqué, R.; Henrard, A.; Fowler, L. (2023). "The scaffold web spider Nesticus helenensis Hubert, 1977, a junior synonym of Howaia mogera (Yaginuma, 1972) rest. comb., with revalidation of Howaia Lehtinen & Saaristo, 1980 (Araneae: Nesticidae)". Zootaxa. 5306: 397–400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5306.3.8.