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Pholcomma

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Pholcomma is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyTheridiidae
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Specimen records
184
Family
Theridiidae
Collections
MCZ, UNM, CU, DMNS, AM, FMNH
Recorded in
Australia, United States, Honduras

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Parent taxon
Theridiidae
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Pholcomma gibbum 348850069.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview

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Pholcomma is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.

==Species== it contains eleven species, found worldwide: Pholcomma antipodianum (Forster, 1955) – New Zealand (Antipodes Is.) Pholcomma barnesi Levi, 1957 – USA Pholcomma carota Levi, 1957 – USA Pholcomma gibbum (Westring, 1851) (type) – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran? Pholcomma hickmani Forster, 1964 – New Zealand (Campbell Is.) Pholcomma hirsutum Emerton, 1882 – USA, Canada Pholcomma mantinum Levi, 1964 – Brazil Pholcomma micropunctatum (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Argentina Pholcomma soloa (Marples, 1955) – Samoa, Niue Pholcomma tokyoense Ono, 2007 – Japan Pholcomma turbotti (Marples, 1956) – New Zealand

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