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. Stygopholcus Kratochvíl, 1932 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03388

type Holocnemus absoloni Kulczyński, 1914; gender masculine

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Hoplopholcus Kulczyński, 1908 by Senglet, 2001: 58, contra Brignoli, 1971g: 258.

In synonymy:

Stygopholcus kratochvili (Brignoli, 1971) = Stygopholcus photophilus Senglet, 1971 (Brignoli, 1976b: 561, sub Hoplopholcus)

Stygopholcus absoloni (Kulczyński, 1914) | | Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003408 TYPE SPECIES

Hoplopholcus absolonii Kulczyński, 1914: 355, pl. 16, f. 24, 26-27 (Dm, not f, f. 25) Original description

Stygopholcus absoloni Kratochvíl, 1932a: 2 (T from Hoplopholcus)

Stygopholcus absoloni Kratochvíl, 1940: 10, f. 3, 4a-b, 5a-b, 7a (m, Df)

Stygopholcus absoloni Senglet, 1971: 355, f. 37-39 (mf)

Hoplopholcus absoloni Brignoli, 1971g: 257, f. 20 (f)

Stygopholcus absoloni Senglet, 2001: 65, f. 21 (f, T from Hoplopholcus)

Stygopholcus absoloni Le Peru, 2011: 160, f. 212 (mf)

Stygopholcus absoloni Huber, Pavlek & Komnenov, 2021: 12, f. 1, 12-42, 145-146, 153 (mf)

Stygopholcus montenegrinus Kratochvíl, 1940 | | Montenegro, Albania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003420

Stygopholcus montenegrinus Kratochvíl, 1940: 20, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Stygopholcus skotophilus montenegrinus Senglet, 1971: 354, f. 42-43 (Dm, f, reduced to subspecies)

Stygopholcus montenegrinus Huber, Pavlek & Komnenov, 2021: 33, f. 3, 77-112, 149-150, 155 (mf, elevated to species from subspecies of Stygopholcus skotophilus)

Stygopholcus photophilus Senglet, 1971 | | Albania, Greece (incl. Crete) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003418

Stygopholcus photophilus Senglet, 1971: 356, f. 44-54 (Dmf) Original description

Hoplopholcus kratochvili Brignoli, 1971g: 259, f. 1-2, 4-5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060413]

Hoplopholcus photophilus Brignoli, 1976b: 561 (S of Hoplopholcus kratochvili)

Stygopholcus photophilus Senglet, 2001: 65, f. 15-20, 23-25, 28 (mf, T from Hoplopholcus)

Stygopholcus photophilus Le Peru, 2011: 160, f. 213 (mf)

Stygopholcus photophilus Huber, Pavlek & Komnenov, 2021: 41, f. 4-5, 9-11, 113-144, 151-152, 156 (mf)

Stygopholcus skotophilus Kratochvíl, 1940 | | Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003419

Hoplopholcus absoloni Kulczyński, 1914: 355, pl. 16, f. 25 (f; misidentified per Kratochvíl, 1940: 16)

Stygopholcus skotophilus Kratochvíl, 1940: 16, f. 1a, c, 2, 4c-d, 5c-d, 6, 7b (Dmf) Original description

Stygopholcus skotophilus Senglet, 1971: 354, f. 40-41 (mf)

Hoplopholcus scotophilus Brignoli, 1971g: 261, f. 19 (f)

Stygopholcus skotophilus Senglet, 2001: 65, f. 22 (f, T from Hoplopholcus)

Stygopholcus skotophilus Le Peru, 2011: 160, f. 214 (mf)

Stygopholcus skotophilus Huber, Pavlek & Komnenov, 2021: 22, f. 2, 6-8, 43-76, 147-148, 154 (mf)