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. Tainonia Huber, 2000 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00424

type Blechroscelis serripes Simon, 1893; gender feminine

Tainonia bayahibe Huber & Astrin, 2009 | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042755

Tainonia bayahibe Huber & Astrin, 2009: 299, f. 24-26, 87-88 (Dmf) Original description

Tainonia cienaga Huber & Astrin, 2009 | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042752

Tainonia cienaga Huber & Astrin, 2009: 290, f. 18-20, 56-64, 84 (Dmf) Original description

Tainonia samana Huber & Astrin, 2009 | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042753

Tainonia samana Huber & Astrin, 2009: 291, f. 6, 21-23, 65-81, 85 (Dmf) Original description

Tainonia serripes (Simon, 1893) | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003962 TYPE SPECIES

Blechroscelis serripes Simon, 1893a: 481 (Df) Original description

Blechroscelis serripes Bryant, 1948b: 366, f. 46 (f)

Blechroscelis serripes Huber, 1997c: 578, f. 2A-D (f)

Tainonia serripes Huber, 2000: 146, f. 560-569 (Tf from Blechroscelis=Priscula, Dm)

Tainonia serripes Huber & Astrin, 2009: 287, f. 5, 7-14, 27-55 (mf)

Tainonia visite Huber & Astrin, 2009 | | Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042754

Tainonia visite Huber & Astrin, 2009: 293, f. 15-17, 82-83, 86 (Dmf) Original description