TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ballarin, Francesco
A1  - Yamasaki, Takeshi
T1  - Nihonella gen. nov., a new troglophilic genus of dwarf spiders from Japan with a discussion on its phylogenetic position within the subfamily Erigoninae (Araneae, Linyphiidae)
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - A new monospecific genus belonging to the family Linyphiidae Blackwell, 1859, Nihonella gen. nov., is described using an integrative taxonomic approach based on the species N. chika gen. et sp. nov. The new genus is endemic to Western Honshu, Japan, and it shows distinctive genitalic and somatic characters of other genera of the subfamily Erigoninae Emerton, 1882. Nihonella gen. nov. is found only in the twilight and transition zones of caves in Okayama and Nara Prefectures. The phylogenetic position of Nihonella gen. nov. within the subfamily Erigoninae, and its relationship as a sister clade of the species of the group of Savignia Blackwell, 1833 (sensu Millidge 1977), is discussed on the basis of both, morphological and molecular evidence.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 733:1-18 
KW  - caves
KW  - endemism
KW  - new species
KW  - phylogeny
KW  - subterranean environment
Y1  - 2021
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/55671
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-556719
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2021
IS  - 733
SP  - 1
EP  - 18
PB  - Muséum National dHistoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -