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Micropholcus
Genus of spiders

Micropholcus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold & J. D. Prinsen in 1987.

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Species

It accepted a number of transfers from genus Leptopholcus in 2014, increasing its number of species to 15. As of November 2021[update] it contains 17 species, with a pantropical distribution:2

  • Micropholcus agadir (Huber, 2011) – Morocco
  • Micropholcus baoruco (Huber, 2006) – Hispaniola
  • Micropholcus brazlandia (Huber, Pérez & Baptista, 2005) – Brazil
  • Micropholcus crato Huber, Carvalho & Benjamin, 2014 – Brazil
  • Micropholcus dalei (Petrunkevitch, 1929) – Puerto Rico, Virgin Is.
  • Micropholcus delicatulus (Franganillo, 1930) – Cuba
  • Micropholcus evaluna (Huber, Pérez & Baptista, 2005) – Venezuela
  • Micropholcus fauroti (Simon, 1887) (type) – Temperate Asia. Introduced to both Americas, Belgium, Germany, Africa, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Australia, Pacific Is.
  • Micropholcus hispaniola (Huber, 2000) – Hispaniola
  • Micropholcus jacominae Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001 – Yemen
  • Micropholcus jamaica (Huber, 2000) – Jamaica
  • Micropholcus pataxo (Huber, Pérez & Baptista, 2005) – Brazil
  • Micropholcus piaui Huber, Carvalho & Benjamin, 2014 – Brazil
  • Micropholcus piracuruca Huber, Carvalho & Benjamin, 2014 – Brazil
  • Micropholcus tegulifer (Barrientos, 2019) – Morocco
  • Micropholcus toma (Huber, 2006) – Hispaniola
  • Micropholcus ubajara Huber, Carvalho & Benjamin, 2014 – Brazil

See also

References

  1. Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L.; Prinsen, J. D. (1987). "Micropholcus fauroti (Simon) n. comb., a pantropical, synanthropic spider (Araneae: Pholcidae)". Entomologische Berichten, Amsterdam. 47: 73–77. /wiki/Christa_L._Deeleman-Reinhold

  2. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold & Prinsen, 1987". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2321