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. Holocneminus Berland, 1942 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00387

type Holocneminus piritarsis Berland, 1942; gender masculine

Transferred to other genera:

Holocneminus huangdi Tong & Li, 2009 -- see Changminia

In synonymy:

Holocneminus maculatus Marples, 1955 = Holocneminus piritarsis Berland, 1942 (Benton & Lehtinen, 1995: 11)

Holocneminus multiguttatus (Simon, 1905) | | Sri Lanka to Malaysia, Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003402

Psilochorus multiguttatus Simon, 1905c: 56 (Dj) Original description

Holocneminus multiguttatus Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995b: 34, f. 1-8 (Dmf, T from Psilochorus)

Holocneminus multiguttatus Huber, 2000: 43, f. 165

Holocneminus piritarsis Berland, 1942 | | Samoa, French Polynesia (Marquesas Is., Austral Is.), Henderson Is., Marshall Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003403 TYPE SPECIES

Holocneminus piritarsis Berland, 1942: 14, f. 5a-f (Df) Original description

Holocneminus maculatus Marples, 1955a: 466, pl. 56, f. 13, 18, 20-21 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064114]

Holocneminus piritarsis Benton & Lehtinen, 1995: 11 (S of Holocneminus maculatus)

Holocneminus piritarsis Beatty, Berry & Huber, 2008: 11, f. 7-9, 34-35 (mf)

Holocneminus piritarsis Dierkens & Ramage, 2016: 143, f. 25-26 (f)

Holocneminus samanggi Lan & Li, 2021 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053051

Holocneminus samanggi Lan & Li in Lan et al., 2021b: 546, f. 1A-D, 2A-I (Dmf) Original description