Pholcidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Haplogynae
Superfamilia: Pholcoidea

Familia: Pholcidae
Subfamiliae: Arteminae - Holocneminae – Modisiminae[1] – Ninetinae[2] – Pholcinae - Smeringopinae
Overview of Genera (92)

Aetana – Anansus – Anopsicus – Apokayana – Artema – Aucana – Aymaria – Belisana – Blancoa – Boconita – Buitinga – Calapnita – Canaima – Cantikus – Carapoia – Carupania – Cenemus – Ceratopholcus – Chibchea – Chisosa – Ciboneya – Coryssocnemis – Crossopriza – Enetea – Galapa – Gertschiola – Guaranita – Holocneminus – Holocnemus – Hoplopholcus – Ibotyporanga – Ixchela – Kambiwa – Kelabita – Khorata – Kintaqa – Leptopholcus – Litoporus – Mecolaesthus – Meraha – Mesabolivar – Metagonia – Micromerys – Micropholcus – Modisimus – Muruta – Mystes – Nerudia – Ninetis – Nipisa – Nita – Nyikoa – Ossinissa – Otavaloa – Paiwana – Panjange – Papiamenta – Paramicromerys – Pehrforsskalia – Pholcophora – Pholcus – Physocyclus – Pisaboa – Platnicknia – Pomboa – Pribumia – Priscula – Psilochorus – Quamtana – Queliceria – Sanluisi – Savarna – Smeringopina – Smeringopus – Spermophora – Spermophorides – Stenosfemuraia – Stygopholcus – Systenita – Tainonia – Teranga – Teuia – Tibetia (Zhang, Zhu & Song) – Tissahamia – Tolteca – Trichocyclus – Tupigea – Uthina – Venezuela – Wanniyala – Waunana – Wugigarra – Zatavua
Genera incertae sedis

Carupania – Ciboneya – Holocneminus – Micropholcus – Pehrforsskalia – Platnicknia – Queliceria – Sanluisi – Tibetia – Trichocyclus – Venezuela
Name

Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850
References

Koch C.L. 1850. Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Heft 5, pp. 1-77. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.39561. Open access. Reference page.
Beatty, Joseph A., Berry, James W. & Huber, Bernhard A. 2008. The pholcid spiders of Micronesia and Polynesia (Araneae, Pholcidae). The Journal of Arachnology 36: 1–25. (PDF)
Bruvo-Mađarić, B., B. A. Huber, A. Steinacher & G. Pass. 2005. Phylogeny of pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): Combined analysis using morphology and molecules. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 661–673. (PDF)
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. (PDF)
Huber, B.A. 2001. The pholcids of Australia (Araneae; Pholcidae): taxonomy, biogeography, and relationships. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 260: 1–144. (PDF)
Huber, B.A. 2009. Four new generic and 14 new specific synonymies in Pholcidae, and transfer of Pholcoides Roewer to Filistatidae (Araneae). Zootaxa 1970: 64–68.
Huber, B.A. 2016. Spider diversity and endemism in a South American hotspot: 20 new species of Carapoia (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Zootaxa 4177(1): 1–69. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4177.1.1. Reference page.
Huber, B.A. 2018. The South American spider genera Mesabolivar and Carapoia (Araneae, Pholcidae): new species and a framework for redrawing generic limits. Zootaxa 4395(1): 1–178. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4395.1.1 Reference page.
Huber, B.A., Eberle, J. & Dimitrov, D. 2018. The phylogeny of pholcid spiders: a critical evaluation of relationships suggested by molecular data (Araneae, Pholcidae). ZooKeys 789: 51–101. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.789.22781 Reference page.
Huber, B.A. & Kwapong, P. 2013. West African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of five new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European journal of taxonomy (59) DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.59
Huber, B. A. Catalogue of Pholcid Spiders. [1]
Huber, B.A., Le Gall, P. & Mavoungou, J.F. 2014. Pholcid spiders from the Lower Guinean region of Central Africa: an overview, with descriptions of seven new species (Araneae, Pholcidae). European journal of taxonomy (81) DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2014.81 Reference page.
Huber, B.A. & Arias, Q.C. 2017. Revision of the Venezuelan spider genus Stenosfemuraia González-Sponga, with new generic and specific synonymies (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zootaxa 4341(4): 495–508. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.3. Reference page.
Paquin, P., Vink, C.J. & Dupérré, N. 2010. Spiders of New Zealand: annotated family key & species list. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand. ISBN 9780478347050
Yao, Z.Y. & Li, S.Q. 2013. New and little known pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Laos. Zootaxa 3709(1): 1–51. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.1.1 Reference page.
Yao, Z., Tavano, M. & Li, S.-Q. 2013. Notes on four pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) described by T. Thorell from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 3609(3): 302–310. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.3.4 Reference page.

Links

Platnick, N.I. 2016. The World Spider Catalog, version 17.0. American Museum of Natural History.

Notes
?Not monophyletic (Bruvo-Mađarić et. al., 2005)

Not monophyletic (Bruvo-Mađarić et. al., 2005)

Vernacular names
English: Daddy long-legs spider
suomi: Vaaksiaishämähäkit
日本語: ユウレイグモ科
한국어: 유령거미과
русский: Пауки-сенокосцы / Пауки-долгоножки
中文: 幽灵蛛科