World Spider Catalog

Genus: Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 | Family: Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850

Pholcus calligaster Thorell, 1895

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003679

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Described:

Distribution: Nepal, Myanmar

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Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), Stockholm (NHRS), Sweden 1f - (Huber, 2011b)
Syntype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK ff - (Ono et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Pholcus calligaster Thorell, 1895b: 71 (Df) Original description

Pholcus calligaster Huber, 2011b: 408, f. 1916-1919, 1953-1955, 1980-1994 (Dm, f)

References

Huber, B. A. (2011b). Revision and cladistic analysis of Pholcus and closely related taxa (Araneae, Pholcidae). Bonner Zoologische Monographien 58: 1-509. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1895b). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London, 406 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.17492 -- 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
2026-03-16	Type repository inserted	Ono et al., 2026