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:

Myrmidonella Berland, 1920 = Ninetis Simon, 1890 (Huber, 2000: 80)

Gen. Ninetis Simon, 1890 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00404

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Myrmidonella Berland, 1920a: 349 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05072] (type M. minuta Berland, 1920) by Huber, 2000: 80.

Transferred to other genera:

Ninetis anomala (Mello-Leitão, 1918) -- see Kambiwa

Ninetis neotropica Kraus, 1957 -- see Kambiwa

Ninetis faro Huber, 2014 | | Cameroon urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046977

Ninetis faro Huber in Huber, Le Gall & Mavoungou, 2014: 26, f. 53-62 (Dmf) Original description

Ninetis minuta (Berland, 1920) | | Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003641

Myrmidonella minuta Berland, 1920a: 349, f. 8-9 (Df) Original description

Myrmidonella minuta Berland, 1920c: 126, f. 146-149 (f)

Ninetis minuta Huber, 2000: 82, f. 73-74, 315-322, 329-330 (f, Dm)

Ninetis minuta Huber & van Harten, 2001: 6, f. 29 (mf)

Ninetis namibiae Huber, 2000 | | Namibia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003642

Ninetis namibiae Huber, 2000: 86, f. 4, 125, 152, 323-328, 331-332 (Dmf) Original description

Ninetis namibiae Huber & van Harten, 2001: 6, f. 29 (mf)

Ninetis russellsmithi Huber, 2002 | | Malawi urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038420

Ninetis russellsmithi Huber, 2002a: 1, f. 1-12 (Dmf) Original description

Ninetis subtilissima Simon, 1890 | | Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003643

Ninetis subtilissima Simon, 1890a: 96 (Dmf) Original description

Ninetis subtilissima Simon, 1893a: 487, f. 487-489 (m)

Ninetis subtilissima Fage, 1912: 155, f. 3a (m)

Ninetis subtilissima Bristowe, 1938a: 310, f. 2, 7 (m)

Ninetis subtilissima Huber, 2000: 82, f. 310-314 (f)

Ninetis subtilissima Huber & van Harten, 2001: 2, f. 1-29 (mf)

Ninetis toliara Huber & El-Hennawy, 2007 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041010

Ninetis toliara Huber & El-Hennawy, 2007: 48, f. 17-28 (Dmf) Original description