Nearctic States & Provinces: AL CA CO CT MT NH NC OK SC WA WI
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/3744
Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)
longbodied cellar spider
FAMILY: PHOLCIDAE C. L. Koch, 1851
Genus: Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805
Species: Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)
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:
AL CA CO CT MT NH NC OK SC WA WI
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
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.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Proctor, Heather
Credit: Dept. Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Pholcus phalangioides Fuesslin 1775 |
| Aranea meticulosa Fourcroy 1785 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Walckenaer 1805 |
| Pholcus nemastomoides C. L. Koch 1837 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Walckenaer 1837 |
| Pholcus americanus Nicolet 1849 |
| Pholcus atlanticus Hentz 1850 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Blackwall 1864 |
| Pholcus litoralis L. Koch 1867 |
| Pholcus litoralis L. Koch 1872 |
| Pholcus phalangioides O. P.-Cambridge 1879 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Emerton 1882 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Chyzer & Kulczynski 1891 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Simon 1893 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Bösenberg 1902 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Emerton 1902 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Simon 1914 |
| Pholcus dubiomaculatus Mello-Leitao 1918 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Mello-Leitao 1918 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Simon & Fage 1922 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Reimoser 1929 |
| Pholcus communis Piza 1938 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Bristowe 1938 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Uyemura 1938 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Soares 1944 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Kaston 1948 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Chrysanthus 1950 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Locket & Millidge 1951 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Wiehle 1953 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Mikulska 1964 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Braendegaard 1966 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Lee 1966 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Hickman 1967 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Muller 1967 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Loksa 1969 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Cooke 1970 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Miller 1971 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Maughan & Fitch 1976 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Paik 1978 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Roberts 1985 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Deeleman-Reinhold 1986 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Yaginuma 1986 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Wunderlich 1987 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Chikuni 1989 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Heimer 1990 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Chen & Zhang 1991 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Uhl 1994 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Barrion & Litsinger 1995 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Roberts 1995 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Uhl, Huber & Rose 1995 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Agnarsson 1996 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Bartos 1997 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Huber 1998 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Roberts 1998 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Huber 2000 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Senglet 2001 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Namkung 2002 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Lee & Kim 2003 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Namkung 2003 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Pholcus phalangioides Almquist 2005 |
Taxonomic References†
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†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/PHOLCIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805‡‡
P. ancoralis L. Koch, 1865 ...............South Pacific Is., Hawaii
P. manueli Gertsch, 1937 ...............Russia, China, Japan, USA
P. muralicola Maughan & Fitch, 1976 ...............USA
P. opilionoides (Schrank, 1781) ...............Holarctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution