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. Papiamenta Huber, 2000 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00407

type Pholcophora levii Gertsch, 1982; gender feminine

Papiamenta bonay Huber, 2024 | | Bonaire urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059987

Papiamenta bonay Huber in Huber et al., 2024a: 15, f. 5e-f, 22a-f (Dm) Original description

Papiamenta levii (Gertsch, 1982) | | Curaçao urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003655 TYPE SPECIES

Pholcophora levii Gertsch, 1982b: 99, f. 12-15, 22-24 (Dmf) Original description

Papiamenta levii Huber, 2000: 124, f. 3, 142, 154, 469-477 (mf, T from Pholcophora)

Papiamenta levii Huber et al., 2024a: 8, f. 5a-b, 7a-c, 8a-h, 9a-f, 10a-f, 11a-f, 12a-f, 13a-i, 14a-i, 15a-f (mf)

Papiamenta savonet Huber, 2000 | | Curaçao urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003656

Papiamenta savonet Huber, 2000: 121, f. 460-468 (Dmf) Original description

Papiamenta savonet Huber, 2003c: 65, f. 2B (m)

Papiamenta savonet Huber et al., 2024a: 11, f. 5c-d, 16a-c, 17a-h, 18a-i, 19a-f, 20a-f, 21a-g (mf)