Nihonella is a monotypic genus of east Asian sheet weavers containing the single species, Nihonella chika. It was first described by F. Ballarin and T. Yamasaki in 2021,[2] and it has only been found in Japan.[1]

Nihonella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Nihonella
Ballarin & Yamasaki, 2021[1]
Species:
N. chika
Binomial name
Nihonella chika
Ballarin & Yamasaki, 2021[1]

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Nihonella Ballarin & Yamasaki, 2021". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  2. ^ Ballarin, F.; Yamasaki, T. (2021). "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)". European Journal of Taxonomy (733): 1–18. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.733.1215. S2CID 233284625.