Species Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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 and IMCRA regions

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020		20-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)