Nesticodes

Nesticodes

Nesticodes rufipes
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]
Species: Theridion rufipes Lucas, 1846 Theridion luteolum Blackwall, 1859 Theridion borbonicum Vinson, 1863 Theridion luteipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 Theridion albonotatum Taczanowski, 1872 Theridion bajulans L. Koch, 1875 Theridion flavo-aurantiacum Simon, 1880 Theridion longipes Hasselt, 1882 Anelosimus nelsoni Bryant, 1945 Nesticodes rufipes (Lucas, 1846) Robertus pilosus Denis, 1956

Nesticodes is a genus of spiders in the family Theridiidae, with the sole species Nesticodes rufipes,^[1] the red house spider.

Distribution

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

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

1 2 3 4 5 "Gen. Nesticodes Archer, 1950", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-04-14

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.

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