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. Teranga Huber, 2018 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04481

type Pholcus kerinci Huber, 2011; gender feminine

N.B.: described for the former Pholcus kerinci and domingo groups (Huber, 2011a: 166, Huber et al., 2016b: 34, Huber, Eberle & Dimitrov, 2018: 86).

Teranga cibodas (Huber, 2011) | | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044747

Pholcus cibodas Huber, 2011b: 167, f. 608-609, 624-625, 736-740 (Dmf) Original description

Teranga cibodas Huber, Eberle & Dimitrov, 2018: 87 (T from Pholcus)

Teranga domingo (Huber, 2016) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048522

Pholcus domingo Huber in Huber et al., 2016b: 34, f. 131-137, 140-156, 161-163 (Dmf) Original description

Teranga domingo Huber, Eberle & Dimitrov, 2018: 87 (T from Pholcus)

Teranga kerinci (Huber, 2011) | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044746 TYPE SPECIES

Pholcus kerinci Huber, 2011b: 166, f. 606-607, 622-623, 719-735 (Dmf) Original description

Teranga kerinci Huber, Eberle & Dimitrov, 2018: 86 (T from Pholcus)

Teranga matutum (Huber, 2016) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048523

Pholcus matutum Huber in Huber et al., 2016b: 40, f. 138-139, 157-160, 164-166 (Dmf) Original description

Teranga matutum Huber, Eberle & Dimitrov, 2018: 87 (T from Pholcus)