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Pholcidae (daddy long-legs spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Pholcidae

Taxonomy
Pholcidae was named by Koch (1851). It is extant.

It was assigned to Haplogynae by Dunlop et al. (2013); and to Synspermiata by Wheeler et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Pholcidae Koch
2013Pholcidae Dunlop et al.
2017Pholcidae Wheeler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
RankNameAuthor
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
—Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
—SynspermiataMichalik and Ramírez 2014
familyPholcidaeKoch 1851
familyPholcidaeKoch 1851

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Pholcidae Koch 1851 [daddy long-legs spider]
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G. Coryssocnemis Simon 1893
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†Coryssocnemis velteni Wunderlich 2004
G. Leptopholcus Simon 1893
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†Leptopholcus kiskeya Huber and Wunderlich 2006
G. Modisimus Simon 1893
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†Modisimus calcar Wunderlich 1988
†Modisimus calcaroides Wunderlich 1988
†Modisimus crassifemoralis Wunderlich 1988
†Modisimus oculatus Wunderlich 1988
†Modisimus tuberosus Wunderlich 1988
Subfm. Ninetinae Simon 1890
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G. Pholcophora Banks 1896
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†Pholcophora brevipes Wunderlich 1988
†Pholcophora gracilis Wunderlich 1988
†Pholcophora longicornis Wunderlich 1988
G. †Paraspermophora Wunderlich 2004
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†Paraspermophora perplexa Wunderlich 2004
Subfm. Pholcinae Koch 1851
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G. Quamtana Huber 2003
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†Quamtana huberi Penney 2007
G. †Serratochorus Wunderlich 1988
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†Serratochorus pygmaeus Wunderlich 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 56.00000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8China (Liaoning) Pholcidae indet. (172374)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Quamtana huberi (123850)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Paraspermophora perplexa (110735 123771) Pholcidae indet., Pholcidae indet. 1, Pholcidae indet. 2, Paraspermophora sp. (124318)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Paraspermophora sp. (124775 129228 147606) Paraspermophora sp., Paraspermophora bitterfeldensis (147604)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico Modisimus sp. (146607)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Coryssocnemis velteni (122474) Modisimus sp., Modisimus oculatus, Modisimus calcar, Modisimus calcaroides, Modisimus crassifemoralis, Pholcophora gracilis, Pholcophora brevipes, Pholcophora longicornis, Serratochorus pygmaeus, Leptopholcus kiskeya (146557) Modisimus tuberosus (120817)