ABSTRACT
The Nesticidae are spread across the northern hemisphere, as the Leptonetidae, but have also been recorded in Brazil. The main genera that include troglomorphic species are Nesticus (Europe, United States, China, Japan, Korea, and Ceylon), Canarionesticus (Canary Islands), Typhlonesticus and Carpatonesticus (Europe), Gaucelmus and Eidmanella (United States and Mexico), and Nesticiella, which is distributed across Japan, Russia, China, Vietnam, Central Africa, Hawaii, and Fiji.
