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. Micromerys Bradley, 1877 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00399

type Micromerys gracilis Bradley, 1877; gender masculine

N.B.: not a senior synonym of Calapnita Simon, 1892 (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986a: 212).

Transferred to other genera:

Micromerys conicus Simon, 1893 -- see Metagonia

Micromerys dalei Petrunkevitch, 1929 -- see Leptopholcus

Micromerys debilis Thorell, 1899 -- see Pholcus

Micromerys delicatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 -- see Metagonia

Micromerys madagascariensis Simon, 1893 -- see Paramicromerys

Micromerys occidentalis (Mello-Leitão, 1929) -- see Micropholcus

Micromerys tipula Simon, 1907 -- see Leptopholcus

Micromerys vermiformis (Simon, 1892) -- see Calapnita

Micromerys baiteta Huber, 2011 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044728

Micromerys baiteta Huber, 2011b: 106, f. 279-280, 430-434 (Dmf) Original description

Micromerys daviesae Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003579

Micromerys daviesae Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986a: 209, f. 10-17, 24, 59d (Dmf) Original description

Micromerys daviesae Huber, 2001: 107, f. 325-333 (mf)

Micromerys gidil Huber, 2001 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036964

Micromerys gidil Huber, 2001: 105, f. 322-324 (Dmf) Original description

Micromerys gracilis Bradley, 1877 | | Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003580 TYPE SPECIES

Micromerys gracilis Bradley, 1877: 119 (Df) Original description

Micromerys gracilis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986a: 206, f. 5-9 (f only, not m, =M. yidin)

Micromerys gracilis Huber, 2001: 98, f. 293-309 (f, Dm)

Micromerys gurran Huber, 2001 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036965

Micromerys gurran Huber, 2001: 103, f. 316-318 (Dm) Original description

Micromerys papua Huber, 2011 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044727

Micromerys papua Huber, 2011b: 105, f. 236-237, 277-278, 419-425, 428-429 (Dmf) Original description

Micromerys raveni Huber, 2001 | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036966

Micromerys raveni Huber, 2001: 107, f. 334-338 (Dmf) Original description

Micromerys wigi Huber, 2001 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036967

Micromerys wigi Huber, 2001: 105, f. 319-321 (Dm) Original description

Micromerys yidin Huber, 2001 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036968

Micromerys gracilis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1986a: 206, f. 1-4 (m, misidentified)

Micromerys yidin Huber, 2001: 102, f. 310-315 (Dmf) Original description