Nipisa

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

As of April 2022[update] 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. 4219 (1): 1–63. doi:.

• Huber, B. A. (2011). . Bonner Zoologische Monographien. 58: 1–509.

• Huber, B. A. (2000). . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 254: 1–348. doi:. S2CID .