Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)
longbodied cellar spider
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FAMILY: PHOLCIDAE C. L. Koch, 1851 Genus: Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 Species: Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
cellar or daddylongleg spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
longbodied cellar spider
Distribution
Global Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Nearctic States & Provinces: (from the Nearctic Spider Database) 
AL CA CO CT MT NH NC OK SC WA WI
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)
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Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
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
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Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Details About Males
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Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
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‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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