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. Nita Huber & El-Hennawy, 2007 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03782
type Nita elsaff Huber & El-Hennawy, 2007; gender feminine
Nita elsaff Huber & El-Hennawy, 2007 | | Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Uzbekistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041011 TYPE SPECIES
Nita elsaff Huber & El-Hennawy, 2007: 46, f. 1-16 (Dmf) Original description
Nita elsaff Zamani et al., 2017c: 65, f. 5A-D (m)
Nita elsaff Baker, Ali & Fadhil, 2019: 405, pl. 1A-C (m)
Nita elsaff Alioua & Bosmans, 2022: 283, f. 1A-D (f)

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