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Pholcomma

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

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Pholcomma
Pholcomma gibbum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Pholcomma
Thorell, 18691
Type species
P. gibbum
(Westring, 1851)
Species

11, see text

Synonyms1

Pholcomma is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.4

Species

As of May 2020 it contains eleven species, found worldwide:1

Formerly included:

  • P. amamiense Yoshida, 1985 (Transferred to Phycosoma)
  • P. japonicum Yoshida, 1985 (Transferred to Phycosoma)
  • P. nigromaculatum Yoshida, 1987 (Transferred to Phycosoma)
  • P. yunnanense Song & Zhu, 1994 (Transferred to Trogloneta)
References

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Pholcomma Thorell, 1869". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 16.
  3. Marples, B. J. (1956). "Spiders from the Three Kings Islands". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 4: 329–342. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906474. Wikidata Q58677519.
  4. Thorell, T. (1869). "On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 7 (3): 1–108.
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