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. Waunana Huber, 2000 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00430

type Blechroscelis modesta Banks, 1929; gender feminine

Waunana anchicaya Huber, 2000 | | Colombia, Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003979

Waunana anchicaya Huber, 2000: 277, f. 1115-1121 (Dm) Original description

Waunana eberhardi Huber, 2000 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003980

Waunana eberhardi Huber, 2000: 277, f. 1122-1127 (Dm) Original description

Waunana modesta (Banks, 1929) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003981 TYPE SPECIES

Blechroscelis modesta Banks, 1929: 57, pl. 2, f. 24, pl. 3, f. 39, 41, pl. 4, f. 80 (Dmf) Original description

Blechroscelis modesta Huber, 1998c: 595, f. 8I (m)

Waunana modesta Huber, 2000: 274, f. 199, 1101-1114 (Tmf from Blechroscelis=Priscula)

Waunana tulcan Huber, 2000 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003982

Waunana tulcan Huber, 2000: 279, f. 1128-1132 (Dm) Original description