Family Nesticidae Simon 1894 (cave cobweb spider)
Arachnida - Araneae - Nesticidae
Parent taxon: Araneoidea according to W. C. Wheeler et al. 2017
See also Dunlop et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Anapidae, Araneidae, Baltsuccinidae, Cyatholipidae, Juraraneidae, Linyphiidae, Mesarania, Mimetidae, Mysmenidae, Pimoidae, Praetheridiidae, Protheridiidae, Pumiliopimoidae, Synaphridae, Synotaxidae, Tetragnathidae, Theridiidae, Theridiosomatidae
Subtaxa: Balticonesticus Eidmanella Eopopino Heteronesticus Hispanonesticus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Madagascar (1 collection)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Lithuania (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (4)
Total: 9 collections including 12 occurrences