Pholcomma

Pholcomma is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.[3]

Pholcomma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Pholcomma
Thorell, 1869[1]
Type species
P. gibbum
(Westring, 1851)
Species

11, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

As of May 2020 it contains eleven species, found worldwide:[1]

Formerly included:

  • P. amamiense Yoshida, 1985 (Transferred to Phycosoma)
  • P. japonicum Yoshida, 1985 (Transferred to Phycosoma)
  • P. nigromaculatum Yoshida, 1987 (Transferred to Phycosoma)
  • P. yunnanense Song & Zhu, 1994 (Transferred to Trogloneta)

See also

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Pholcomma Thorell, 1869". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  2. Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 16.
  3. Thorell, T. (1869). "On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 7 (3): 1–108.

Further reading

  • Levi, H. W. (1957). "The North American spider genera Paratheridula, Tekellina, Pholcomma and Archerius (Araneae: Theridiidae)". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 76 (2): 105–115. doi:10.2307/3223625. JSTOR 3223625.
  • Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 1–71.
  • Levi, H. W. (1964). "The American spiders of the genera Styposis and Pholcomma (Araneae, Theridiidae)". Psyche, Cambridge. 71: 32–39. doi:10.1155/1964/91242.
  • Marples, B. J. (1956). "Spiders from the Three Kings Islands". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 4: 329–342.
  • Simon, E (1894). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


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