World Spider Catalog

Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: For comments on the monophyly and relationships of many genera see Huber, 1998d and Huber, 2000. The division of Pholcidae into five subfamilies, Ninetinae Simon, 1890, Arteminae Simon, 1893, Modisiminae Simon, 1893, Smeringopinae Simon, 1893 and Pholcinae, is confirmed by Huber, Eberle & Dimitrov, 2018.

In synonymy:

Ninetella Bryant, 1940 = Anopsicus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938 (Gertsch, 1982b: 104)

Pholcophorina Gertsch, 1939 = Anopsicus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938 (Gertsch, 1982b: 104)

Gen. Anopsicus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00369

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Pholcophora Banks, 1896 (contra Gertsch, 1971: 76) and considered a senior synonym of Pholcophorina Gertsch, 1939a: 1 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05075] (type P. zeteki Gertsch, 1939) (previously considered a junior synonym of Pholcophora Banks, 1896 by Gertsch, 1971) and Ninetella Bryant, 1940: 297 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05074] (type N. pulchra Bryant, 1940) by Gertsch, 1982b: 104.

Transferred to other genera:

Anopsicus arima Gertsch, 1982 -- see Canaima

Anopsicus alteriae Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003263

Anopsicus alteriae Gertsch, 1982b: 114, f. 75-76, 191-193, 214-215 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus ana Huber, 2020 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052350

Anopsicus ana Huber in Huber & Villarreal, 2020: 7, f. 1-2, 5-12, 14-16 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus banksi (Gertsch, 1939) | | Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003264

Spermophora placens Banks, 1930b: 273, pl. 2, f. 36 (m, misidentified)

Pholcophorina banksi Gertsch, 1939a: 4 (Dm) Original description

Anopsicus banksi Gertsch & Peck, 1992: 1191, f. 50-52 (m, probably misplaced, per Huber, 2000: 344)

Anopsicus banksi Baert, 2013b: 71, f. 15-18 (Df)

Anopsicus beatus Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003265

Anopsicus beatus Gertsch, 1982b: 123, f. 179-181 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus bispinosus (Gertsch, 1971) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003266

Pholcophora bispinosa Gertsch, 1971: 79, f. 105-107 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus bispinosus Gertsch, 1982b: 112, f. 67, 73, 211-213, 273-274 (Tmf from Pholcophora)

Anopsicus bolivari (Gertsch, 1971) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003267

Pholcophora bolivari Gertsch, 1971: 78, f. 97 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus bolivari Gertsch, 1982b: 115, f. 78-80, 109 (Tf from Pholcophora, Dm)

Anopsicus boneti Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003268

Anopsicus boneti Gertsch, 1982b: 124, f. 74, 152-154, 161-163 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus bryantae Gertsch, 1982 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003269

Anopsicus bryantae Gertsch, 1982b: 141, f. 314-316 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus ceiba Gertsch, 1982 | | Honduras urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003270

Anopsicus ceiba Gertsch, 1982b: 129, f. 262-265, 269-270 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus chiapa Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003271

Anopsicus chiapa Gertsch, 1982b: 114, f. 60, 194-196 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus chickeringi Gertsch, 1982 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003272

Anopsicus chickeringi Gertsch, 1982b: 133, f. 238-240, 253-255 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus chiriqui Gertsch, 1982 | | Costa Rica, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003273

Anopsicus chiriqui Gertsch, 1982b: 133, f. 235-237, 250-252 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus chiriqui Huber, 1998b: 1586, f. 1-9 (mf)

Anopsicus chiriqui Huber, 1998c: 595, f. 8G (m)

Anopsicus clarus Gertsch, 1982 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003274

Anopsicus clarus Gertsch, 1982b: 139, f. 303-304 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus concinnus Gertsch, 1982 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003275

Anopsicus concinnus Gertsch, 1982b: 131, f. 53, 229-231 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus concinnus Huber, 1998b: 1587, f. 11-12 (f)

Anopsicus covadonga Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003276

Anopsicus covadonga Gertsch, 1982b: 117, f. 84-86, 134-135 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus cubanus Gertsch, 1982 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003277

Anopsicus cubanus Gertsch, 1982b: 143, f. 323-325 (Dm) Original description

Anopsicus davisi (Gertsch, 1939) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003278

Pholcophorina davisi Gertsch, 1939a: 4, f. 6-7 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus davisi Gertsch, 1982b: 123, f. 68, 155-157 (f)

Anopsicus debora (Gertsch, 1977) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003279

Pholcophora debora Gertsch, 1977: 117, f. 45-46, 57-59 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus debora Gertsch, 1982b: 112, f. 204-207, 279 (Tmf from Pholcophora)

Anopsicus definitus Gertsch, 1982 | | Honduras urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003280

Anopsicus definitus Gertsch, 1982b: 131, f. 232-234 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus elliotti (Gertsch, 1971) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003281

Pholcophora elliotti Gertsch, 1971: 79, f. 101 (Df) Original description

Pholcophora elliotti Brignoli, 1972i: 139, f. 11-15 (f, Dm)

Anopsicus elliotti Gertsch, 1982b: 117, f. 107, 108 (Tf from Pholcophora)

Anopsicus evansi (Gertsch, 1971) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003282

Pholcophora evansi Gertsch, 1971: 80, f. 102-104 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus evansi Gertsch, 1982b: 115, f. 188-190, 216-218 (Tmf from Pholcophora)

Anopsicus exiguus (Gertsch, 1971) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003283

Pholcophora exigua Gertsch, 1971: 80, f. 99-100 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus exiguus Gertsch, 1982b: 124, f. 131-133, 225 (Tmf from Pholcophora)

Anopsicus facetus Gertsch, 1982 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003284

Anopsicus facetus Gertsch, 1982b: 131, f. 50, 219-221, 244-246 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus facetus Huber, 1998b: 1587, f. 13-22 (mf)

Anopsicus grubbsi Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003285

Anopsicus grubbsi Gertsch, 1982b: 121, f. 90-92, 136 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus gruta (Gertsch, 1971) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003286

Pholcophora gruta Gertsch, 1971: 78, f. 95-96, 137-138 (Dm) Original description

Anopsicus gruta Gertsch, 1982b: 123, f. 71-72, 128-130, 142-144 (Tf from Pholcophora, Dm)

Anopsicus hanakash (Brignoli, 1974) | | Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003287

Pholcophora hanakash Brignoli, 1974f: 221, f. 7A-B (Df) Original description

Anopsicus hanakash Gertsch, 1982b: 129 (Tf from Pholcophora)

Anopsicus iviei Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003288

Anopsicus iviei Gertsch, 1982b: 118, f. 98-100, 113-115 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus jarmila Gertsch, 1982 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003289

Anopsicus jarmila Gertsch, 1982b: 137, f. 302 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus jeanae (Gertsch, 1977) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003290

Pholcophora jeanae Gertsch, 1977: 116, f. 39-40, 55-56 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus jeanae Gertsch, 1982b: 111, f. 208-210, 278 (Tmf from Pholcophora)

Anopsicus joyoa Gertsch, 1982 | | Honduras urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003291

Anopsicus joyoa Gertsch, 1982b: 129, f. 266-268, 299-301 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus lewisi Gertsch, 1982 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003292

Anopsicus lewisi Gertsch, 1982b: 141, f. 284-286, 317-319 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus limpidus Gertsch, 1982 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003293

Anopsicus limpidus Gertsch, 1982b: 137, f. 305 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus lucidus Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003294

Anopsicus lucidus Gertsch, 1982b: 120, f. 116-118, 271-272 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus malkini Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003295

Anopsicus malkini Gertsch, 1982b: 124, f. 158-160, 176-178 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus mckenziei Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003296

Anopsicus mckenziei Gertsch, 1982b: 120, f. 93-95, 137-138 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus mirabilis Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003297

Anopsicus mirabilis Gertsch, 1982b: 121, f. 139-141 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus mitchelli (Gertsch, 1971) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003298

Pholcophora mitchelli Gertsch, 1971: 77, f. 98 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus mitchelli Gertsch, 1982b: 115, f. 69-70, 81-83, 96-97, 104-106 (Tmf from Pholcophora)

Anopsicus modicus Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003299

Anopsicus modicus Gertsch, 1982b: 112, f. 182-184 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus nebulosus Gertsch, 1982 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003300

Anopsicus nebulosus Gertsch, 1982b: 137, f. 306-307 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus niveus Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003301

Anopsicus niveus Gertsch, 1982b: 120, f. 119-121 (Dm) Original description

Anopsicus nortoni Gertsch, 1982 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003302

Anopsicus nortoni Gertsch, 1982b: 139, f. 287-289 (Dm) Original description

Anopsicus ocote Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003303

Anopsicus ocote Gertsch, 1982b: 117, f. 110-112 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus palenque (Gertsch, 1977) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003304

Pholcophora palenque Gertsch, 1977: 116, f. 50-54 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus palenque Gertsch, 1982b: 111, f. 200-203, 332-333 (Tmf from Pholcophora)

Anopsicus panama Gertsch, 1982 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003305

Anopsicus panama Gertsch, 1982b: 133, f. 326-328, 335-337 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus pearsei Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003306

Anopsicus pearsei Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938: 130, f. 17-18 (Df) Original description

Pholcophora pearsei Gertsch, 1971: 48, 76-77 (Tf from Anopsicus)

Pholcophora pearsei Gertsch, 1977: 116, f. 47-49 (f)

Anopsicus pearsei Gertsch, 1982b: 111, f. 64-66, 170-172 (Tf from Pholcophora, Dm)

Anopsicus pecki Gertsch, 1982 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003307

Anopsicus pecki Gertsch, 1982b: 141, f. 59, 290-292, 308 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus placens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003308

Spermophora placens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 222, pl. 27, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Spermophora placens F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 370, pl. 35, f. 4 (f)

Pholcophorina placens Gertsch, 1939a: 3

Pholcophora placens Gertsch, 1977: 114, f. 36-38 (Tf from Pholcophorina, rejected)

Anopsicus placens Gertsch, 1982b: 109, f. 280 (f)

Anopsicus potrero Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003309

Pholcophorina placens Gertsch, 1939a: 3, f. 4-5 (f, misidentified)

Anopsicus potrero Gertsch, 1982b: 117, f. 197-199 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus puebla Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003310

Anopsicus puebla Gertsch, 1982b: 118, f. 87-89 (Dm) Original description

Anopsicus pulcher (Bryant, 1940) | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003311

Ninetella pulchra Bryant, 1940: 297, f. 54-57 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus pulcher Gertsch, 1982b: 143, f. 293-295, 309 (mf)

Anopsicus quatoculus Gertsch, 1982 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003312

Anopsicus quatoculus Gertsch, 1982b: 134, f. 56-57, 77, 281-283, 311-313 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus quietus (Gertsch, 1973) | | Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003313

Pholcophora quieta Gertsch, 1973a: 148, f. 11 (Df) Original description

Pholcophora quieta Gertsch, 1977: 112, f. 41 (f)

Anopsicus quietus Gertsch, 1982b: 129, f. 277 (Tf from Pholcophora)

Anopsicus reddelli Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003314

Anopsicus reddelli Gertsch, 1982b: 114, f. 51, 164-166, 185-187 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus silvai Gertsch, 1982 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003315

Anopsicus silvai Gertsch, 1982b: 143, f. 338-340 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus silvanus Gertsch, 1982 | | Belize urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003316

Anopsicus silvanus Gertsch, 1982b: 126, f. 226-228, 247-249 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus soileauae Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003317

Anopsicus soileauae Gertsch, 1982b: 121, f. 52, 150-151 (Df) Original description

Anopsicus speophilus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938) | | Mexico, Guatemala urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003318

Spermophora speophila Chamberlin & Ivie, 1938: 130, f. 15-16 (Df) Original description

Pholcophora speophila Gertsch, 1971: 77 (Tf from Spermophora)

Pholcophora speophila Brignoli, 1974f: 223, f. 7C, D, F (f)

Pholcophora speophila Gertsch, 1977: 114, f. 42-44 (f)

Anopsicus speophila Gertsch, 1982b: 109, f. 61-63, 167-169 (Tf from Pholcophora, Dm)

Anopsicus tehuanus Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003319

Anopsicus tehuanus Gertsch, 1982b: 123, f. 125-127, 145-146 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus tico Huber, 1998 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003320

Anopsicus tico Huber, 1998b: 1588, f. 23-31 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus troglodyta (Gertsch, 1971) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003321

Pholcophora troglodyta Gertsch, 1971: 77, f. 92-94 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus troglodyta Gertsch, 1982b: 118, f. 101-103, 147-149, 334 (Tmf from Pholcophora)

Anopsicus turrialba Gertsch, 1982 | | Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003322

Anopsicus turrialba Gertsch, 1982b: 131, f. 222-224, 259-261 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus turrialba Huber, 1998b: 1588, f. 32-40 (mf)

Anopsicus vinnulus Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003323

Anopsicus vinnulus Gertsch, 1982b: 120, f. 122-124, 275-276 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus wileyae Gertsch, 1982 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003324

Anopsicus wileyae Gertsch, 1982b: 114, f. 173-175 (Dm) Original description

Anopsicus zeteki (Gertsch, 1939) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003325

Pholcophorina zeteki Gertsch, 1939a: 1, f. 1-2, 8-11 (Dmf) Original description

Anopsicus zeteki Gertsch, 1982b: 134, f. 48-49, 54-55, 241-243, 256-258 (mf)

Anopsicus zeteki Heimer, 1990: 10, f. 19-20 (mf)

Anopsicus zeteki Huber, 1998c: 588, f. 1, 2A-B, 3A-B, 7A-B (mf)

Anopsicus zeteki Huber, 2000: 28, f. 90, 186 (m)

Anopsicus zimmermani Gertsch, 1982 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003326

Anopsicus zimmermani Gertsch, 1982b: 139, f. 58, 296-298, 320-322 (Dmf) Original description