Nesticodes
Monotypic genus of spiders
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Nesticodes is a monotypic genus of comb-footed spiders containing only the red house spider [Nesticodes rufipes (Lucas, 1846)].[1] It was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1950,[2] and has a pantropical distribution due to ship and air travel.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Nesticodes Archer, 1950[1] |
| Species: | N. rufipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Nesticodes rufipes (Lucas, 1846) | |
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