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; two additional subfamilies are described by Meng et al., 2026: 99, 113 (Caipirinae Meng, Carvalho, Podsiadlowski & Huber, 2026 and Physocyclinae Meng, Carvalho, Podsiadlowski & Huber, 2026).

Gen. Anansus Huber, 2007 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03784

type Anansus aowin Huber, 2007; gender masculine

Anansus aowin Huber, 2007 | | Ivory Coast urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040998 TYPE SPECIES

Anansus aowin Huber, 2007: 30, f. 4-5, 32-37, 43-51 (Dmf) Original description

Anansus atewa Huber & Kwapong, 2013 | | Ghana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046601

Anansus atewa Huber & Kwapong, 2013: 21, f. 9-10, 35-47 (Dmf) Original description

Anansus debakkeri Huber, 2007 | | Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040999

Anansus debakkeri Huber, 2007: 36, f. 57-61 (Dmf) Original description

Anansus ewe Huber, 2007 | | West Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041000

Anansus ewe Huber, 2007: 32, f. 6-9, 38-42, 52-56 (Dmf) Original description

Anansus kamwai Huber, 2014 | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046975

Anansus kamwai Huber in Huber, Le Gall & Mavoungou, 2014: 20, f. 10, 35-43 (Dmf) Original description