Howaia

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Howaia is a genus of spiders in the family Nesticidae.[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
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Howaia
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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
Species

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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

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