| Micropholcus fauroti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Micropholcus |
| Species: | M. fauroti
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| Binomial name | |
| Micropholcus fauroti (Simon, 1887)
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Pholcus fauroti Simon, 1887 | |
Micropholcus fauroti is a species of cellar spider. It is native to temperate Asia and has been introduced to other regions of Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, both Americas, Australia and Pacific islands.1
Description
Micropholcus fauroti has a shallow, inconspicuous groove on the cephalothorax. The legs are long. Males have a body length of 2.4 mm and the first femur is roughly twice this length. Females have a body length of 2.7 mm and the first femur is roughly 1.5x this length.2
In the palpal bulb of adult males, the procursus has a characteristic dorsal projection.2 This structure is not known from any other known pholcid.3
In adult females, the epigyne is unsclerotised with an internal crescent-shaped structure visible through the cuticle anteriorly.2
Ecology
Old World Micropholcus (of which M. fauroti is a member) naturally occur in rocky microhabitats such as caves, small caverns of rock walls and underneath large boulders. Micropholcus fauroti is a synanthrope that also occurs in human dwellings, usually in upper corners and edges of rooms.4
References
References
- "Micropholcus fauroti (Simon, 1887)". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
- "araneae - Micropholcus fauroti". araneae.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
- Huber, Bernhard A. (2009-01-05). "Four new generic and 14 new specific synonymies in Pholcidae, and transfer of Pholcoides Roewer to Filistatidae (Araneae)". Zootaxa. 1970 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1970.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
- Huber, Bernhard A.; Meng, Guanliang (2024). "Old World Micropholcus spiders, with first records of acrocerid parasitoids in Pholcidae (Araneae)". ZooKeys (1213): 95–182. Bibcode:2024ZooK.1213...95H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 11450384. PMID 39372282.