
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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Micropholcus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold & J. D. Prinsen in 1987.
==Species== It accepted a number of transfers from genus Leptopholcus in 2014, increasing its number of species to 15. it contains 17 species, with a pantropical distribution: 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
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