Pholcus opilionoides
| Pholcus opilionoides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Pholcus |
| Species: | P. opilionoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Pholcus opilionoides (Schrank, 1781)[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pholcus opilionoides is a species of spider in the family Pholcidae (cellar spiders) found in Europe, Egypt, the Caucasus and possibly Iran.[1] It can be easily confused with Pholcus phalangioides.[2]
Description
The cephalothorax is spherical, light brown with an irregular darker stripe in the middle.[2] The body length (excluding legs) for an adult is 3-5 mm.[3] The long legs of this spider resemble a Opiliones, but upon closer look, it's divided into a cephalothorax and an abdomen.[4]
Similar species
Pholcus manueli is the most similar having similar dimensions and sternum pattern.[3]
See also
References
Wikispecies has information related to Pholcus opilionoides.
- ^ a b c "Taxon details Pholcus opilionoides (Schrank, 1781)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2019-09-29
- ^ a b "Pholcus opilionoides - třesavka sekáčovitá | Pholcidae - třesavkovití | Natura Bohemica". www.naturabohemica.cz. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
- ^ a b Elliott, Lynette; July, Mandy HoweLast updated 14; 2016 - 8:57am. "Species Pholcus opilionoides". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2025-08-29.
{{cite web}}:|first2=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Čihař, Jiří; Formánek, Jiří; Hodková, Zdenka (1988). "IV.". Příroda ČSSR (in Czech) (3rd ed.). Prague. p. 94.
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