Nesticodes

Nesticodes
Female with egg sac
Male
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)[1]
Synonyms[1]
Anelosimus nelsoni Bryant, 1945 Robertus pilosus Denis, 1956 Theridion albonotatum Taczanowski, 1872 Theridion bajulans L. Koch, 1875 Theridion borbonicum Vinson, 1863 Theridion flavo-aurantiacum Simon, 1880 Theridion longipes Hasselt, 1882 Theridion luteolum Blackwall, 1859 Theridion luteipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 Theridion rufipes Lucas, 1846

Nesticodes is a genus of spiders in the family Theridiidae. It was first described in 1950 by Archer. As of 2017, it contains only one species,^[2] Nesticodes rufipes,^[1] the red house spider.

Distribution

This species has a pantropical distribution,^[1] having been spread around the world by trade.

Description

Nesticodes rufipes is a small red-bodied spider, non-venomous to humans.

References

• Lucas, 1846 : Histoire naturelle des animaux articules. Exploration scientifique de l'Algerie pendant les annees 1840, 1841, 1842 publiee par ordre du Gouvernement et avec le concours d'une commission academique. Paris, Sciences physiques, Zoologie, vol. 1, p. 89-271.
• Archer, 1950 : A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species. Alabama Museum of Natural History Paper, vol. 30, p. 1-40.

External links

• Nesticodes rufipes at Fauna Europaea
• "Nesticodes rufipes". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). 
• Nesticodes at Fauna Europaea
• "Nesticodes". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).