
Belongs within: Pholcidae.
The Pholcinae are a group of daddy-long-legs spiders united by the reduction of the tarsal comb hairs to a single ventral row, and the usual presence on the male chelicerae of a pair of proximal lateral apophyses (Huber 2011).
<==Pholcinae | i. s.: Aetana Huber 2005H11 | Wanniyala Huber & Benjamin 2005H11 |--+--Nyikoa Huber 2007H11 | | `--N. limbe Huber 2007HF08 | `--Zatavua Huber 2003H11 | |--Z. vohiparara Huber 2003HF08 | `--Z. zanaharyH11 `--+--Paraspermophora Wunderlich 2004H11 |--Anansus Huber 2007H11 |--Savarna Huber 2005H11 |--Khorata Huber 2005H11 | `--K. khammouan Huber 2005HF08 |--+--+--Paramicromerys Millot 1946H11 | | | `--P. scharffi Huber 2003HF08 | | `--+--Buitinga Huber 2003HF08, H11 | | | |--B. asax Huber 2003HF08 | | | `--B. kadogoH11 | | `--Spermophorides Wunderlich 1992HF08, H11 | | |--S. cuneata (Wunderlich 1987)HF08 | | `--S. elevata (Simon 1873)HF08 | `--+--Metagonia Simon 1893H11 | | |--M. conica (Simon 1893)HF08 | | |--M. mariguitarensis (González-Sponga 1998)T09 | | `--M. reventazona Huber 1997HF08 | `--Spermophora Hentz 1841HF08, H11 | |--S. kerinci Huber 2005HF08 | |--S. senoculata (Dugès 1836)H11 | `--S. usambara Huber 2003HF08 `--+--Quamtana Huber 2003H11 | `--Q. bonamanzi Huber 2003HF08 |--Belisana Thorell 1898H11 | |--B. airai Huber 2005HF08 | |--B. fiji Huber 2005HF08 | |--B. hormigaiH11 | `--B. ketambeH11 `--+--Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold & Prinsen 1987H11 | |--M. fauroti (Simon 1887)H11 | `--M. heteropus Petrunkevitch 1942S93 |--Pehrforsskalia Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten 2001H11 | `--P. conopyga Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten 2001HF08 `--+--+--Panjange Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman 1983HF08, H11 | | `--P. mirabilis Deeleman-Reinhold 1986HF08 | `--LeptopholceaeH11 | |--Micromerys Bradley 1877H11 | | `--M. daviesae Deeleman-Reinhold 1986HF08 | `--Leptopholcus Simon 1893H11 | |--L. debakkeriH11 | |--L. gracilisH11 | `--L. hispaniola Huber 2000HF08 `--+--Ossinissa Dimitrov & Ribera 2005HF08, H11 | `--*O. justoi (Wunderlich 1991) [=Spermophorides justoi]F05 |--Uthina Simon 1893HF08, H11 | `--U. luzonica Simon 1893HF08 |--Calapnita Simon 1892HF08, H11 | |--C. phyllicola Deeleman-Reinhold 1986HF08 | `--C. saluangH11 `--Pholcus Walckenaer 1805H11 |--P. barbarus Lucas 1846E12 |--P. bourginiH11 |--P. caudatusV09 |--P. chattoniH11 |--P. crypticolens Bösenberg & Strand 1906RA08 |--P. kwamgumiH11 |--P. lampertiH11 |--P. manueli Gertsch 1937 [incl. P. affinis Schenkel 1953]RA08 |--P. opilionoides (Schrank 1781)HF08 |--P. phalangioides (Fuesslin 1775)H11 (see below for synonymy) |--P. quadripunctatus Lucas 1846E12 |--P. quinquenotatusH11 |--P. sphaeroidesB96 `--P. zichyi Kulczyński 1901K01
Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin 1775)H11 [=Aranea phalangioidesC01, Epeira (Pholcus) phalangioidesG20, Scytodes phalangioidesC01; incl. A. pluchiiC01]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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