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Pholcidae
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The Pholcidae are a family of araneomorph spiders. The family contains more than 2,000 individual species of pholcids, including those commonly known as cellar spider, daddy long-legs spider, carpenter spider, daddy long-legger, vibrating spider, gyrating spider, long daddy, and angel spider. The family, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850, is divided into 94 genera.
OverviewAI-generated
Pholcidae is a family of arachnids within the order Araneae. It belongs to the class Arachnida, phylum Arthropoda, and kingdom Animalia. The family was described by C. L. Koch in 1851 and holds an accepted taxonomic status.
Records for this family are held by institutions including TTU, CHAS, MNA, SDNHM, and FMNH. These records originate from the United States, MéXico, Laos, Perú, and Peru. The family is referenced by 480 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyPholcidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,456
- With media
- 26
- Family
- Pholcidae
- Collections
- TTU, CHAS, MNA, SDNHM, FMNH, UNM
- Recorded in
- United States, MéXico, Laos, Perú, Peru, Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Appearance
- Habitat
- Behavior
- Trapping
- Threat response
- Diet
- Gait
- Misconceptions
- ''Mythbusters'' experiment
- Genera
- Relationships
- Gallery
- References
- Citations
- General bibliography
- External links
The Pholcidae are a family of araneomorph spiders. The family contains more than 2,000 individual species of pholcids, including those commonly known as cellar spider, daddy long-legs spider, carpenter spider, daddy long-legger, vibrating spider, gyrating spider, long daddy, and angel spider. The family, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850, is divided into 94 genera.
The common name "daddy long-legs" is used for several species, especially Pholcus phalangioides, but is also the common name for several other arthropod groups, including harvestmen and crane flies.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pholcidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.