Pholcophora

Pholcophora is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Nathan Banks in 1896.[2]

Pholcophora
Temporal range: Neogene– Present
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Pholcophora
Banks, 1896[1]
Type species
P. americana
Banks, 1896
Species

5, see text

Species

As of June 2019 it contains five species, found in Mexico, Canada, the United States, and the Bahamas:[1]

  • Pholcophora americana Banks, 1896 (type) – USA, Canada
  • Pholcophora bahama Gertsch, 1982 – Bahama Is.
  • Pholcophora maria Gertsch, 1977 – Mexico
  • Pholcophora mexcala Gertsch, 1982 – Mexico
  • Pholcophora texana Gertsch, 1935 – USA, Mexico

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Pholcophora Banks, 1896". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. Banks, N. (1896). "New North American spiders and mites". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 23: 57–77.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.