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.

Gen. Holocnemus Simon, 1873 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00388

Transferred to other genera:

Holocnemus aurouxi Barrientos, 2019 -- see Maghreba

Holocnemus culiculus Simon, 1898 -- see Cenemus

Holocnemus longipes Spassky, 1934 -- see Hoplopholcus

Nomen nudum:

Holocnemus acuminatus Franganillo, 1925: 35 (Spain) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053778] -- Huber, 2022: 38, no description

Holocnemus caudatus (Dufour, 1820) | | Spain, Andorra urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003404

Pholcus caudatus Dufour, 1820c: 208, pl. 76, f. 2 (Dmf) Original description

Pholcus caudatus Simon, 1866a: 123, pl. 2, f. 12-13

Holocnemus caudatus Simon, 1873a: 49

Holocnemus caudatus Benhadi-Marín et al., 2013: 75, f. 2A1-3 (mf)

Holocnemus caudatus Breitling, 2020: 352, f. 26A-D (mf)

Holocnemus caudatus Huber, 2022: 38, f. 97-128 (mf)

Holocnemus hispanicus Wiehle, 1933 | | Portugal, Spain urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003406

Holocnemus hispanicus Wiehle, 1933: 243, f. 1, 2c, 4-8 (Dmf) Original description

Holocnemus hispanicus Timm, 1976: 70, f. 3-4 (m)

Holocnemus hispanicus Huber, 2000: 10, f. 5, 97

Holocnemus hispanicus Le Peru, 2011: 152, f. 181 (mf)

Holocnemus hispanicus Benhadi-Marín et al., 2013: 75, f. 2B1-3 (mf)

Holocnemus hispanicus Lecigne, 2017: 34, f. 11A-C (mf)

Holocnemus hispanicus Breitling, 2020: 352, f. 26E-F (mf)

Holocnemus hispanicus Huber, 2022: 46, f. 129-162 (mf)

Holocnemus hispanicus Cortés-Fossati & Martín-Rodríguez, 2022b: 134, f. 1B (m)

Holocnemus pluchei (Scopoli, 1763) | | Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Middle East. Introduced to USA, Argentina, Japan, Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003407

Aranea pluchii Scopoli, 1763: 404 (D) Original description

Aranea rivulata Forsskål, 1775: 86, pl. 24 (Df)

Aranea rivulata Forsskål, 1776: 7, pl. 24, f. F

Pholcus rivulatus Audouin, 1826: 358, pl. 3, f. 12 (Dm)

Pholcus impressus C. L. Koch, 1837a: 99, f. 313 (Dm)

Pholcus barbarus Lucas, 1846: 237, pl. 15, f. 1 (Dmf)

Pholcus ruralis Blackwall, 1858a: 432 (Dm)

Pholcus pluchii Simon, 1866a: 122, pl. 2, f. 11 (f, S of Pholcus rivulatus)

Holocnemus rivulatus Simon, 1873a: 49 (S of Pholcus barbarus, P. impressus and P. ruralis)

Holocnemus rivulatus Simon, 1874a: 256, pl. 4, f. 16 (mf)

Holocnemus pluchei Simon, 1914: 237, 240

Holocnemus pluchei Kratochvíl, 1932a: 2, f. 1-4 (mf)

Holocnemus pluchei Wiehle, 1933: 242, f. 2a

Holocnemus pluchei Kratochvíl, 1940: 8, f. 1b, d

Holocnemus pluchei Brignoli, 1971b: 82, f. 1-6 (mf)

Holocnemus pluchii Timm, 1976: 70, f. 1-2 (m)

Holocnemus pluchii Wunderlich, 1980a: 227, f. 31-32 (m)

Holocnemus pluchei Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 40, f. 80 (mf)

Holocnemus pluchei Baldacchino et al., 1993: 41, f. 1b-c (m)

Holocnemus pluchei Huber, 1995c: 291, f. 1A, 2A-B, 4A-B, 6A-D, 7A-C, 10A (mf)

Holocnemus pluchei Huber, 2000: 12, f. 14, 120, 176 (m)

Holocnemus pluchei Van Keer & Van Keer, 2001: 83, f. 3.1-6 (mf)

Holocnemus pluchei Kovács, Szinetár & Eichardt, 2006: 9, f. 1-3 (mf)

Holocnemus pluchei Le Peru, 2011: 152, f. 182 (mf)

Holocnemus pluchei Benhadi-Marín et al., 2013: 75, f. 2C1-3 (mf)

Holocnemus pluchei Ponomarev, Snegovaya & Shmatko, 2019: 233, f. 2-4 (mf)

Holocnemus pluchei Lecigne, 2020: 50, pl. 1H-I, ph. 3 (mf)

Holocnemus pluchei Kenichi, 2021: 17, f. 1-9 (mf)

Holocnemus pluchei Huber, 2022: 9, f. 5-6, 13-58 (mf)

Holocnemus pluchei Zarikian, Propistsova & Marusik, 2022: 113, f. 8A-F (f)

Holocnemus pluchei Zarikian, 2022a: 759, f. 1 (f)

Holocnemus reini (C. Koch, 1873) | | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053779

Pholcus reini C. Koch, 1873: 113 (Dm) Original description

Pholcus reini Roewer, 1955c: 1627 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Holocnemus reini Huber, 2022: 29, f. 7-8, 59-96 (m, Df, T from Pholcus, removed from nomen dubium)

Holocnemus reini Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2023: 66, f. 18a-i (mf)