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).

In synonymy:

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

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

type Ninetis subtilissima Simon, 1890; gender feminine

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 amoud Huber, 2025 | | Saudi Arabia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063506

Ninetis amoud Huber in Huber & Meng, 2025a: 308, f. 3C-D, 13A-C, 14A-I, 15A-K, 16A-H, 17A-F, 18A-H, 19A-H, 20A-H, 34B (Dmf) Original description

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 marnif Huber, 2025 | | Oman urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063508

Ninetis marnif Huber in Huber & Meng, 2025a: 325, f. 3G-H, 28A-C, 29A-I, 30A-H, 31A-H, 32A-H, 33A-H, 34D (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 samail Huber, 2025 | | Oman urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063507

Ninetis samail Huber in Huber & Meng, 2025a: 317, f. 3E-F, 21A-C, 22A-J, 23A-H, 24A-H, 25A-F, 26A-F, 27A-H, 34C (Dmf) Original description

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

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 subtilissima Huber & Meng, 2025a: 307, f. 3A-B, 6A-C, 7A-I, 8A-J, 9A-J, 10A-H, 11A-H, 12A-H, 34A (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