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. Calapnita Simon, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00376

type Calapnita vermiformis Simon, 1892; gender feminine

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Micromerys Bradley, 1877 by Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986a: 212; the Calapnita phyllicola group was transferred to Nipisa Huber, 2018 by Huber, Eberle & Dimitrov, 2018: 84.

Transferred to other genera:

Calapnita anai Huber, 2017 -- see Nipisa

Calapnita bankirai Huber, 2017 -- see Nipisa

Calapnita bidayuh Huber, 2017 -- see Nipisa

Calapnita deelemanae Huber, 2011 -- see Nipisa

Calapnita kubah Huber, 2017 -- see Nipisa

Calapnita lehi Huber, 2017 -- see Nipisa

Calapnita phasmoides Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 -- see Nipisa

Calapnita phyllicola Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 -- see Nipisa

Calapnita semengoh Huber, 2011 -- see Nipisa

Calapnita subphyllicola Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 -- see Nipisa

Calapnita bariengi Huber, 2017 | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048986

Calapnita bariengi Huber, 2017: 35, f. 142-155 (Dmf) Original description

Calapnita bario Huber, 2017 | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048985

Calapnita bario Huber, 2017: 32, f. 120-121, 131-141 (Dmf) Original description

Calapnita bohoi Huber, 2017 | | Philippines (Bohoi Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048993

Calapnita bohoi Huber, 2017: 48, f. 129-130, 228-235 (Dmf) Original description

Calapnita bugis Huber, 2017 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048990

Calapnita vermiformis Huber, 2011b: 45, f. 141, 147-152 (mf, misidentified after Huber, 2017: 40, only specimens from Sulawesi)

Calapnita bugis Huber, 2017: 40, f. 180-187 (Dmf) Original description

Calapnita dayak Huber, 2017 | | Indonesia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048988

Calapnita dayak Huber, 2017: 39, f. 164-171 (Dmf) Original description

Calapnita dinagat Huber, 2017 | | Philippines (Dinagat Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048994

Calapnita dinagat Huber, 2017: 49, f. 131, 236-244 (Dmf) Original description

Calapnita lawangan Huber, 2017 | | Indonesia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048989

Calapnita lawangan Huber, 2017: 39, f. 172-179 (Dmf) Original description

Calapnita loksado Huber, 2017 | | Indonesia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048992

Calapnita loksado Huber, 2017: 45, f. 128, 220-227 (Dmf) Original description

Calapnita longa Yao & Li, 2013 | | Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046152

Calapnita longa Yao & Li, 2013: 27, f. 25-D, 26A-E, 27A-C (Dm) Original description

Calapnita mae Huber, 2017 | | Philippines (Mindanao) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048995

Calapnita mae Huber, 2017: 51, f. 245-253 (Dmf) Original description

Calapnita magaseng Huber, 2017 | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048987

Calapnita magaseng Huber, 2017: 37, f. 122-123, 156-163 (Dmf) Original description

Calapnita maragusan Huber, 2017 | | Philippines (Mindanao) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048997

Calapnita maragusan Huber, 2017: 58, f. 263-271 (Dmf) Original description

Calapnita nunezae Huber, 2017 | | Philippines (Mindanao, Camiguin Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048996

Calapnita nunezae Huber, 2017: 51, f. 245-253 (Dmf) Original description

Calapnita saluang Huber, 2011 | | Thailand, Malaysia (mainland), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044713

Calapnita vermiformis Huber, 2000: 16, f. 34, 69, 124, 177 (m; misidenfied after Huber, 2017: 42)

Calapnita saluang Huber, 2011b: 48, f. 43-44, 153-169 (Dmf) Original description

Calapnita saluang Huber, 2017: 42, f. 124-125, 188-195 (mf)

Calapnita vermiformis Simon, 1892 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003351 TYPE SPECIES

Calapnita vermiformis Simon, 1892c: 42, pl. 2, f. 5-6 (Dm) Original description

Micromerys vermiformis Simon, 1893a: 474, f. 463 (m)

Calapnita vermiformis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986a: 212, f. 26-31, 59a (Tm from Micromerys, Df; after Huber, 2017: 44 only specimens from Luzon)

Calapnita vermiformis Huber, 1998c: 595, f. 8P (m)

Calapnita vermiformis Huber, 2011b: 45, f. 41-42, 62-63, 139-144 (mf; after Huber, 2017: 44 only specimens from Luzon, f. 147-152 see C. bugis)

Calapnita vermiformis Huber, 2017: 44, f. 126-127, 296-219 (mf)