Introduction

These fragile long-legged spiders include a number of cosmopolitan species but there are many native species of this family. The spiders hang from a lightly woven tangle web that often has an irregular horizontal sheet within it. The small fangs are able to bite man but bites from both Pholcus phalangioides and Artema atlanta (QM records) have been of no consequence; equally, studies on the venom have indicated no components which are of concern to man. The spiders are capable of taking and killing other well known spiders, e.g., the Redback Spider, Latrodectus hasseltii.

Diagnosis

The Pholcidae differ from all other haplogyne spiders by their extremely elongate and slender legs. Chelicerae fused at base: median lamella ends distally with membranous tooth-like structure. Eight or six eyes. When present, AME small; rest of eyes in two triads. Male palp complex with elaborate procursus (=paracymbium). Colulus present. One trichbothrium on metatarsi, none on tarsi. Female palp without a claw.

History of changes

• Artema Walckenaer, C.A. 1837. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Aptères. Paris : Aptères. Vol. 1. [656].

  Type species:

   Artema mauriciana Walckenaer, 1837 by subsequent designation, see Simon, E. 1903. Histoire Naturelle de Araignées (1892–1903). Paris : Roret Vol. 1. [466].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide.

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, NE coastal

Distribution References

History of changes

• Artema atlanta Walckenaer, C.A. 1837. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Aptères. Paris : Aptères. Vol. 1. [656].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ♂ ♀ adult (probably lost), Brazil, South America.
• Artema mauriciana Walckenaer, C.A. 1837. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Aptères. Paris : Aptères. Vol. 1. [657].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ♀ ♂ adult (probably lost), Mauritius (Île de France).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Chrysanthus, P. 1967. Spiders from South New Guinea. IX. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 110: 89-105 [92]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Moa Ils, Torres Strait.

Introduced.

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Introduced.

History of changes

• Belisana Thorell, T. 1898. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine (LXXX). Secondo Saggio sui Ragni Birmani. II. Retitelariae et Orbitelariae. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 39: 271-378 [278].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Pilbara (PIL)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

• Belisana australis 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 [129].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S50273 ♂, Home Rule, Queensland [14°44'S, 145°18'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

• Belisana coblynau Huber, B.A., Meng, G., Clark, H.L. & Cazanove, G. 2023. First blind daddy long-legs spiders from Australia and Réunion (Araneae, Pholcidae). Subterranean Biology 46: 1-19 [4].
  Zoobank Registration Number:50A34349-C82F-49FA-8679-77C8CCC86D1B

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM T158896 ♂, ~85 km ESE Pannawonica, WA [21.8836°S, 117.1211°E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Near Pannawonica, Pilbara region of WA

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Pilbara (PIL)

Ecological Descriptors

Subterranean, troglomorphic.

History of changes

• Crossopriza Simon, E. 1893. Histoire naturelle des Araignées (1892–1903). Paris : Roret Vol. 1. [476].

  Type species:

   Artema pristina Simon, 1890 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• Yemen

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf

Neotropical Region

• Brazil
• Cuba

Oriental Region

• Burma (= Myanmar)
• India
• Vietnam

Palaearctic Region

• Egypt

Distribution References

History of changes

• Pholcus lyoni Blackwall, J. 1867. Descriptions of several species of East Indian spiders, apparently to be new or little known to arachnologists. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 19(3): 387-394 [392].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂ ♀ adult, Meerut, Agra and Delhi, India.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced.

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Introduced.

General References

Simon, E. 1903. Histoire Naturelle de Araignées (1892–1903). Paris : Roret Vol. 1. (taxonomy)

History of changes

• Holocnemus Simon, E. 1873. Aranéides nouveaux on peu connus du midi de l'Europe. (2me Mémoire). Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 5(2): 1-174 [48].

  Type species:

   Aranea rivulata Forsskål, 1775 by original designation (= Aranea pluchii Scopoli, 1773).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

History of changes

• Aranea pluchii Scopoli, G.A. 1763. Entomologia Carniolica, exhibens Insecta Carniolæ indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates, methodo Linnæana. Vindobonae [=Vienna] : Trattner xxxvi 420 pp. [404].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Carniole, Austria.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Introduced.

General References

Hasselt, A.W.M. van 1886. Catalogus Aranearum hucusque in Hollandia inventarum. Hagae Comitis 145 pp. (taxonomy)

History of changes

• Micromerys Bradley, H.B. 1878. Araneides of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 115-122 [118].

  Type species:

   Micromerys gracilis Bradley, 1878 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Oriental Region

• Indonesia

Distribution References

History of changes

• Micromerys gidil 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 [105].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S49772 ♂, Gordonvale, Queensland [17°06’S 145°57’E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

History of changes

• Micromerys gracilis Bradley, H.B. 1878. Araneides of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 115-122 [119].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MMUS 2♀ adult (lost), Cape York, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

History of changes

• Micromerys gurran 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 [103].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S49763 ♂, Twelve Mile Scrub, Queensland [15°50'S, 145°19'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

History of changes

• Micromerys raveni 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 [107].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S34684 ♂, Stott’s Island, New South Wales [28°14'S 153°31'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

History of changes

• Micromerys wigi 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 [105].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S49753 ♂, Majors Mountain near Millaa, Queensland [17°38’S 145°32’E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

History of changes

• Micromerys yidin 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 [102].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S34685 ♂, Spear Creek, Queensland [16°42’S 145°24’E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

History of changes

• Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold, C.L. & Prinsen, J.D. 1987. Micropholcus fauroti (Simon) n. comb., a pantropical, synanthropic spider (Araneae: Pholcidae). Entomologische Berichten (Amsterdam) 47(5): 73-77 [73].

Distribution

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Coral Sea Islands Territory

History of changes

• Pholcus fauroti Simon, E. 1887. Arachnides recueillis à Obock en 1886 par M. le Dr. L. Faurot. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 12: 452-455 [453].
• Pholcus infirmus Thorell, T. 1895. Descriptive Catalogue of the Spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 406 pp. [72].
• Pholcus unicolor Petrunkevitch, A. 1929. The spiders of Porto Rico. Part 1. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 30: 1-158 [147].
• Leptopholcus occidentalis Mello-Leitão, C.F. de 1929. Aphantochilidas e Thomisidas do Brasil. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 31: 9-359.
• Pholcus senegalensis Millot, J. 1941. Les araignées de l'Afrique Occidentale Française — sicariides et pholcides. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France 64: 1-53 [14].
• Pholcus chavanei Millot, J. 1946. Les pholcides de Madagascar (Aranéides). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] N.S. 22: 127-158 [130].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Pantropical.

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Leaf litter.

History of changes

• Panjange Deeleman-Reinhold, C.L. & Deeleman, P.R. 1983. Studies on tropical Pholcidae I. Panjange, a new genus of Indo-Australian leaf- and rock-dwelling pholcid spiders (Araneae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 57(14): 121-130 [123].

History of changes

• Panjange mirabilis Deeleman-Reinhold, C.L. 1986. Studies on tropical Pholcidae II: Redescription of Micromerys gracilis Bradley and Calapnita vermiformis Simon (Araneae, Pholcidae) and description of some related new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 22: 205-224 [220].

History of changes

• Pholcitrichocyclus Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [14].

  Type species:

   Trichocyclus nigropunctatus Simon, 1908 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

History of changes

• Trichocyclus arabana 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 [65].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA N1999/814 ♂, Mt. Barry Station, South Australia [28°11’S 134°42’E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus arabana (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

South Australia

History of changes

• Trichocyclus aranda 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 [75].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA N1999/786 ♂, Ruby Gap Nature Park, Northern Territory [23°27′S, 135°00′E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus aranda (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

South Australia

History of changes

• Trichocyclus arawari 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 [86].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA N1999/872 ♂, Three-Mile Valley, Wyndham, Western Australia [15°30'S, 126°05'E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus arawari (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

History of changes

• Trichocyclus arnga 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 [90].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 99/2047 ♂, Kimberley, Western Australia [15°26'S, 128°44'E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus arnga (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

History of changes

• Trichocyclus balladong 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 [75].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 99/1698 ♂, Tammin, Western Australia [31°38’S 117°29’E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus balladong (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

History of changes

• Trichocyclus bugai 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 [90].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 99/1750, Drysdale River Station, Western Australia [15°43'S, 126°23'E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus bugai (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

History of changes

• Trichocyclus djauan 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 [76].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S34667 ♂, Katherine Gorge, Northern Territory [14°19'S, 132°28'E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus djauan (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

History of changes

• Trichocyclus gnalooma 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 [78].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 99/1792 ♂, Woodstock Homestead, Western Australia [21°37’S 118°57’E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus gnalooma (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

History of changes

• Trichocyclus grayi 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 [83].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS56192 ♂, Stuart Highway, Northern Territory [21°37′S, 133°45′E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus grayi (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

History of changes

• Trichocyclus harveyi 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 [92].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 99/1654 ♂, Larryoo, Kimberley, Western Australia [14°51'S, 126°49'E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus harveyi (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

History of changes

• Trichocyclus hirsti 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 [62].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA N1999/837 ♂, Musgrave Ranges, South Australia [26°11'S, 131°53'E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus hirsti (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

South Australia

History of changes

• Trichocyclus kokata 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 [64].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA N1999/832 ♂, Gawler Ranges, South Australia [32°33S, 135°36E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus kokata (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

South Australia

History of changes

• Trichocyclus kurara 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 [80].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 99/1592 ♂, Glen Cummings Gorge, Western Australia [25°02′S, 128°18′E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus kurara (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

History of changes

• Trichocyclus nigropunctatus Simon, E. 1908. Araneae. Pt 1. pp. 359-446 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Fauna Südwest-Australiens. 1(12). Jena : Fischer. [407].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP ♀ adult, Yalgoo, WA; ZMH juv., Yalgoo, WA.

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus nigropunctatus (Simon, 1908). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

History of changes

• Trichocyclus nullarbor 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 [59].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA N1999/842 ♂, Nullarbor Plain, South Australia [31°08'S, 130°30'E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus nullarbor (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

History of changes

• Trichocyclus oborindi 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 [83].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS37501 ♂, Lawn Hill National Park, Queensland [18°15’S 138°05’E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus oborindi (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

Queensland

History of changes

• Trichocyclus pandima 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 [65].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA N1999/798 ♂, Karijini National Park, Western Australia [22°28′S, 118°33′E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus pandima (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

History of changes

• Trichocyclus pustulatus Deeleman-Reinhold, C.L. 1995. Redescription of Holocneminus multiguttatus Simon and description of two new species of pholcid spiders from Australia (Arachnida: Araneae: Pholcidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 31-41 [36].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus pustulatus (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

History of changes

• Trichocyclus septentrionalis Deeleman-Reinhold, C.L. 1993. Description of a new cave-dwelling pholcid spider from north-western Australia, with an identification key to the genera of Australian Pholcidae (Araneae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 16: 323-329 [327].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus septentrionalis (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1993). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

History of changes

• Trichocyclus ungumi 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 [92].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 99/1719 ♂, Kimberley, Western Australia [17°19’S 125°05’E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus ungumi (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

History of changes

• Trichocyclus warianga 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 [73].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 99/1820 ♂, Barlee Range Nature Reserve, Western Australia [23°23′S, 115°53′E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus warianga (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

History of changes

• Trichocyclus watta 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 [95].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S50178 ♂, Mt. Gilruth, Northern Territory [13°02'S, 133°05'E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus watta (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

Queensland

History of changes

• Trichocyclus worora 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 [89].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 99/1759 ♂, Mitchell Plateau, Western Australia [14°52'S, 125°45'E].

Generic Combinations

• Pholcitrichocyclus worora (Huber, 2001). —
  Ceccolini, F. & Cianferoni, F. 2022. Nomenclatural changes for two spider genera as a consequence of homonymy (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 19(1): 14-15 [15]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

History of changes

• Pholcus Walckenaer, C.A. 1805. Tableau des Aranéides ou Caractères Essentiels des Tribus, Genres, Familles et Races que venforme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Paris : Dentu xii 88 pp. 9 pls. [80].

  Type species:

   Aranea phalangioides Fuesslin, 1775 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Pholcus ancoralis Koch, L. 1865. Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 15: 857-892 [862].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMH, Upolu, Samoa.

  Type locality references:

  Rack, V. 1961. Die entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg II. Chelicerata II: Araneae. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 59: 1-60.

  Secondary source:

   Koch, L. 1867. Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. II. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 17: 173-250.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Heron Is.

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

History of changes

• Pholcus dungara 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 [113].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S34686 ♂, Barron Gorge, Queensland [16°50’S 145°38’E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

History of changes

• Pholcus jinwum 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 [111].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S34689 ♂, Iron Range, Queensland [12°43'S, 143°18'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

History of changes

• Pholcus koah 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 [113].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM S34690 ♂, Koah Road, Queensland [16°49’S 145°31’E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

History of changes

• Pholcus litoralis Koch, L. 1867. Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. II. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 17: 173-250 [193] [Koch, L. 1865. Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 15: 857–892].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMH ♀ adult, Brisbane, QLD, see .

  Secondary source:

   Koch, L. 1865. Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 15: 857-892.
• Aranea phalangoides Füessly, J.C. 1775. Verzeichnis der ihm bekannten Schweitzerischen Inseckten mit einer ausgemahlten Kupfertafel: nebst der Ankündigung eines Insecten Werks. Zurich und Winterthur : H. Steiner xii 62 pp., 1 pl. [61].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Switzerland.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Europe.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Introduced.

General References

Clyne, D. 1969. Australian Spiders. Sydney : Nelson 168 pp.

Main, B.Y. 1976. Spiders. Sydney : Collins 296 pp.

Mascord, R. 1970. Australian Spiders in Colour. Balgowlah, NSW : Reed 112 pp.

Mascord, R. 1980. Spiders of Australia. A field guide. Sydney : Reed 128 pp. (biology)

Walckenaer, C.A. 1805. Tableau des Aranéides ou Caractères Essentiels des Tribus, Genres, Familles et Races que venforme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Paris : Dentu xii 88 pp. 9 pls. (taxonomy)

History of changes

• Pholcus tagoman 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 [116].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 99/2062 ♂, Ningbing Cave, Western Australia [15°18'S, 128°37'E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

History of changes