Pholcomma

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{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Pholcomma

| authority = Thorell, 1869

|image= Pholcomma gibbum 348850069.jpg

|image_caption=Pholcomma gibbum

| type_species = P. gibbum

| type_species_authority = (Westring, 1851)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 11, see text

| synonyms =

  • Ancylorrhanis Simon, 1894{{cite journal| last1=Levi| first1=H. W.| last2=Levi| first2=L. R.| year=1962| title=The genera of the spider family Theridiidae| journal=Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology| volume=127| page=16}}
  • Armigera Marples, 1956

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Pholcomma is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.{{cite journal| last=Thorell| first=T.| year=1869| title=On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature| journal=Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis| pages=1–108| volume=7| issue=3| author-link=Tamerlan Thorell}}

Species

{{as of|2020|05}} it contains eleven species, found worldwide:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Pholcomma Thorell, 1869| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=30 June 2020| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3522| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}}

Formerly included:

  • P. amamiense Yoshida, 1985 (Transferred to Phycosoma)
  • P. japonicum Yoshida, 1985 (Transferred to Phycosoma)
  • P. nigromaculatum Yoshida, 1987 (Transferred to Phycosoma)
  • P. yunnanense Song & Zhu, 1994 (Transferred to Trogloneta)

See also

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal| last=Levi| first=H. W.| year=1957| title=The North American spider genera Paratheridula, Tekellina, Pholcomma and Archerius (Araneae: Theridiidae)| journal=Transactions of the American Microscopical Society| pages=105–115| volume=76| issue=2| doi=10.2307/3223625| jstor=3223625}}
  • {{cite journal| last1=Levi| first1=H. W.| last2=Levi| first2=L. R.| year=1962| title=The genera of the spider family Theridiidae| journal=Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology| pages=1–71| volume=127}}
  • {{cite journal| last=Levi| first=H. W.| year=1964| title=The American spiders of the genera Styposis and Pholcomma (Araneae, Theridiidae)| journal=Psyche: A Journal of Entomology| pages=32–39| volume=71| doi=10.1155/1964/91242| doi-access=free}}
  • {{cite Q|Q58677519}}
  • {{cite book| last=Simon| first=E| year=1894| title=Histoire naturelle des araignées| publisher=Roret | location=Paris| language=fr| doi=10.5962/bhl.title.51973}}

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Category:Theridiidae genera

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Category:Theridiidae

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