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Genus: Kambiwa Huber, 2000 | Family: Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850

Kambiwa anomala (Mello-Leitão, 1918)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003428

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil

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Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil f (01453, type lost, probably destroyed by the fire 2018) - (Huber et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Pholcus anomalus Mello-Leitão, 1918c: 118 (Df) Original description

Myrmidonella anomala Mello-Leitão, 1946a: 76 (T from Pholcus)

Kambiwa anomala Huber, 2000: 88 (T from Myrmidonella, may be misplaced)

Kambiwa anomala Huber et al., 2026: 33 (type lost, dubious species, probable S of Kambiwa neotropica or member of Pinoquio)

References

Huber, B. A. (2000). New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): a revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1-348. doi: 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2 -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A., Meng, G. L., Král, J., Ávila Herrera, I. M. & Carvalho, L. S. (2026). Ninetine spiders in Brazilian Caatinga and Cerrado: revision of Kambiwa and description of Sertana gen. nov. (Araneae, Pholcidae), with analyses of predicted range shifts due to climate change. European Journal of Taxonomy 1054: 1-126. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1054.3276 [[Zoobank: 5A57B885-FEC8-4563-8245-AA9CFDF31577]] -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1918c). Scytodidas e pholcidas do Brasil. Revista do Museu Paulista 10: 83-144. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1946a). Notas sobre os Filistatidae e Pholcidae. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 18: 39-83. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-05-16	New taxonomic reference entry	Huber et al., 2026