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Holocnemus pluchei (Scopoli, 1763)

	FAMILY: PHOLCIDAE C. L. Koch, 1851     Genus: Holocnemus Simon, 1873         Species: Holocnemus pluchei (Scopoli, 1763)
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Family Common Name:  cellar or daddylongleg spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Global Distribution: Mediterranean, introduced in Central Europe
Nearctic States & Provinces: CA

Seasonality Specimen Search Specimen list 2, 3

Feeding Guild:^† space web builders
^†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): (not yet published or unknown)
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Under boards near buildings. Chaparral; in house; Ponderosa Pine / Interior Live Oak forest; Suburban neighborhood; Urban planting; short grass pasture and range with a few scattered buildings.;

Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)

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Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)

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Image of Epigynum: Credit: Gabriel, Guido

Aranea pluchii Scopoli 1763 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008065

Holocnemus pluchei Scopoli 1763 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9739166

Aranea rivulata Forskal 1775 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9734293

Aranea rivulata Forskal 1776 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9734294

Pholcus rivulatus Audouin 1826 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008098

Pholcus impressus C. L. Koch 1837 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008109

Pholcus barbarus Lucas 1846 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008120

Pholcus ruralis Blackwall 1858 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008131

Pholcus pluchei Simon 1866 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008142

Holocnemus rivulatus Simon 1873 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008153

Holocnemus rivulatus Simon 1874 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008163

Holocnemus pluchei Simon 1914 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008172

Holocnemus pluchei Kratochvíl 1932 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008179

Holocnemus pluchei Wiehle 1933 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008189

Holocnemus pluchei Kratochvíl 1940 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008200

Holocnemus pluchei Brignoli 1971 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:9734295

Holocnemus pluchii Timm 1976 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008221

Holocnemus pluchii Wunderlich 1980 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008232

Holocnemus pluchei Heimer & Nentwig 1991 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008244

Holocnemus pluchei Huber 1995 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008255

Holocnemus pluchei Huber 2000 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:2008265

Holocnemus pluchei Kovács, Szinetár & Eichardt 2006

Audouin, V. 1826. Explication sommaire des planches d'arachnides de l'Egypte et de la Syrie publiées ... in "Description de l'Egypte...". Histoire Naturelle 1(4): 1-339 (arachnids, pp. 99-186).

Blackwall, J. 1858. Descriptions of six newly discovered species and characters of a new genus of Araneida. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 1: 426-434.

Brignoli, P. M. 1971. Note sui Pholcidae d'Italia (Araneae). Fragm. ent. 7: 79-101.

Forskĺl, P. 1776. Icones rerum naturalium, quas in itinere orientali depingi curavit Petrus Forskĺl. Hauniae, 43 pls. (Araneae, pls. 24-25).

Forskĺl, P. 1775. Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskĺl. Hauniae, pp. 85-86.

Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.

Huber, B. A. 2000. New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 254: 1-348.

Huber, B. A. 1995. Copulatory mechanism in Holocnemus pluchei and Pholcus opilionoides, with notes on male cheliceral apophyses and stridulatory organs in Pholcidae (Araneae). Acta zool., Stockh. 76: 291-300.

Koch, C. L. 1837. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Dritter Band, pp. 105-119, Vierter Band, pp. 1-108.

Kovács, G., C. Szinetár & J. Eichardt. 2006. Holocnemus pluchei (Scopoli, 1763) (Araneae: Pholcidae) in Hungary. Állattani Közlemények 91: 9-18.

Kratochvíl, J. 1940. Etude sur les araignées cavernicole du genre Stygopholcus Krat. Act. Soc. nat. Morav. 12(5): 1-26.

Kratochvíl, J. 1932. Prispevek k poznání Araneid stredni Slavonie. Sbor. Vys. skoly zemed. Brno (C) 23: 1-16.

Lucas, H. 1846. Histoire naturelle des animaux articules. In Exploration scientifique de l'Algerie pendant les annees 1840, 1841, 1842 publiee par ordre du Gouvernement et avec le concours d'une commission academique. Paris, Sciences physiques, Zoologie, 1: 89-271

Scopoli, J. A. 1763. Entomologia carniolica, exhibens insecta carniolae indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnaeana. Vindobonae, 420 pp. (Araneae, pp. 392-404).

Simon, E. 1914. Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espčces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 1re partie. Paris, 6: 1-308.

Simon, E. 1874. Les arachnides de France. Paris, 1: 1-272.

Simon, E. 1873. Aranéides nouveaux ou peu connus du midi de l'Europe. (2me mémoir). Mém. Soc. roy. sci. Ličge (2) 5: 187-351 [also separately paginated as 1-174].

Simon, E. 1866. Monographie des espčces européennes du genre Pholcus. Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 6: 117-124.

Timm, H. 1976. Die Bedeutung von Genitalstrukturen für die Klärung systematischer Fragen bei Zitterspinnen (Arachnida: Araneae: Pholcidae). Ent. Germ. 3: 69-76.

Wiehle, H. 1933. Holocnemus bispanicus sp. n. und die Gattungen Holocnemus Simon und Crossoprisa Simon. Zool. Anz. 104: 241-252.

Wunderlich, J. 1980. Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Arachnida: Araneae: Pholcidae). Senckenberg. biol. 60: 219-227.

^‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog

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