Family: Theridiidae

Pholcomma Thorell, 1869

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Ancylorrhanis Simon, 1894a: 592 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05519] (type Pholcomma hirsutum Emerton, 1882) by Levi, 1957d: 108 and of Armigera Marples, 1956: 335 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05518] (type A. turbotti Marples, 1956) by Levi & Levi, 1962: 17; the generic placement of all species currently assigned to Pholcomma, with exception of P. gibbum and P. hirsutum, requires confirmation (Eskov et al., 2026: 52).

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Last updated: 2023-12-22

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 11

SYNONYM: 2

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Thorell, 1869: 98 type Theridion projectum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1862; gender neuter; syn. of Pholcomma gibbum (Westring, 1851)
Reference

Thorell, T. (1869). On European spiders. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature [first part]. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis (3) 7(I, 5): 1-108. [[incl. pp. 109-242 from 1870]] -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2026-02-26 Genus updated Eskov et al., 2026 Old value
2022-07-16 Nota bene edited Old value

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