Nipisa Explained

Nipisa is a genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders erected in 2018 after a molecular phylogenetic study of Pholcidae. It consists of ten Calapnita species, previously the phyllicola group of Pholcidae, now elevated to genus rank. They are pale whitish in color, with a cylindrical abdomen and relatively long legs. The name is derived from the Malay "nipis", meaning "thin", in reference to the long, thin abdomen.

Species

it contains ten species:

• N. anai (Huber, 2017) – Thailand, Malaysia (mainland), Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java?)
• N. bankirai (Huber, 2017) – Malaysia, Indonesia (Borneo)
• N. bidayuh (Huber, 2017) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• N. deelemanae (Huber, 2011) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• N. kubah (Huber, 2017) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• N. lehi (Huber, 2017) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• N. phasmoides (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986) – Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Borneo)
• N. phyllicola (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986) (type) – Thailand, Malaysia (mainland, Borneo), Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo), Singapore
• N. semengoh (Huber, 2011) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• N. subphyllicola (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986) – Philippines

See also

• Calapnita
• List of Pholcidae species

Further reading

• Huber. B. A.. 2017. Zootaxa. Revision and cladistic analysis of the Southeast Asian leaf-dwelling spider genus Calapnita Simon (Araneae, Pholcidae). 4219. 1. 1–63. 10.11646/zootaxa.4219.1.1.
• Huber. B. A.. 2011. Bonner Zoologische Monographien. Revision and cladistic analysis of Pholcus and closely related taxa (Araneae, Pholcidae). 58. 1–509.
• Huber. B. A.. 2000. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level. 254. 1–348. 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2. 83685875.