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