Micropholcus Explained

Micropholcus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold & J. D. Prinsen in 1987.^[1]

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:^[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

• List of Pholcidae species

Notes and References

1. Deeleman-Reinhold. C. L.. Prinsen. J. D.. 1987. Micropholcus fauroti (Simon) n. comb., a pantropical, synanthropic spider (Araneae: Pholcidae). Entomologische Berichten, Amsterdam. 73–77. 47. Christa_L._Deeleman-Reinhold.
2. Gen. Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold & Prinsen, 1987. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.