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Checklist for Family Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1851 (Carpenter spider)
and region Central America (America)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
411
1948
7786
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
364
1708
6751
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
75
777
4213
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
69
744
4052
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
57
671
3759
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
57
671
3759
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pholcoidea
C.L. Koch, 1851
2
19
242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPholcidae
C. L. Koch, 1851
Carpenter spider, Cellar, Cellar spiders, Daddy long-legs
18
239
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central America
18 Genera with 239 Species
Anopsicus Chamberlin &..., 193950SpeciesTaxom
Chisosa Huber, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Coryssocnemis Simon, 19555SpeciesTaxom
Crossopriza Simon, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Galapa Huber, 20241SpeciesTaxom
Ixchela Huber, 201320SpeciesTaxom
Mesabolivar Gonzalez-Sponga, 20003SpeciesTaxom
Metagonia Simon, 193854SpeciesTaxom
Micropholcus Deeleman-Rei..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Modisimus Simon, 197440SpeciesTaxom
Pholcophora Banks, 19353SpeciesTaxom
Pholcus Walckenaer, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Physocyclus Simon, 197133SpeciesTaxom
Psilochorus Simon, 200921SpeciesTaxom
Smeringopus Simon, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Spermophorides Wunderlich, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Tolteca Huber, 19822SpeciesTaxom
Waunana Huber, 19291SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central America
239 Species
Anopsicus alteriae Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus beatus Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus bispinosus Gertsch, 1971
Anopsicus bolivari Gertsch, 1971
Anopsicus boneti Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus ceiba Gertsch, 1982Cellar spiders
Anopsicus chiapa Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus chickeringi Gertsch, 1982Cellar spiders
Anopsicus chiriqui Gertsch, 1982Cellar spiders
Anopsicus concinnus Gertsch, 1982Cellar spiders
Anopsicus covadonga Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus davisi Gertsch, 1939Fat Innkeeper
Anopsicus debora Gertsch, 1977
Anopsicus definitus Gertsch, 1982Cellar spiders
Anopsicus elliotti Gertsch, 1971
Anopsicus evansi Gertsch, 1971
Anopsicus exiguus Gertsch, 1971
Anopsicus facetus Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus grubbsi Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus gruta Gertsch, 1971
Anopsicus hanakash Brignoli, 1974Cellar spiders
Anopsicus iviei Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus jeanae Gertsch, 1977
Anopsicus joyoa Gertsch, 1982Cellar spiders
Anopsicus lucidus Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus malkini Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus mckenziei Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus mirabilis Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus mitchelli Gertsch, 1971
Anopsicus modicus Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus niveus Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus ocote Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus palenque Gertsch, 1977
Anopsicus panama Gertsch, 1982Cellar spiders
Anopsicus pearsei Chamberlin &..., 1938Silky ant
Anopsicus placens O. P.-Cambridge, 1896
Anopsicus potrero Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus puebla Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus quietus Gertsch, 1973Celler spiders
Anopsicus reddelli Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus silvanus Gertsch, 1982Cellar spiders
Anopsicus soileauae Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus speophilus Chamberlin &..., 1938Cellar spiders
Anopsicus tehuanus Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus tico Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Anopsicus troglodyta Gertsch, 1971
Anopsicus turrialba Gertsch, 1982Cellar spiders
Anopsicus vinnulus Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus wileyae Gertsch, 1982
Anopsicus zeteki Gertsch, 1939Cellar spiders
Chisosa baja Gertsch, 1982
Coryssocnemis clara Gertsch, 1971
Coryssocnemis faceta Gertsch, 1971
Coryssocnemis iviei Gertsch, 1971
Coryssocnemis tigra Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Coryssocnemis viridescens Kraus, 1955Cellar spiders
Crossopriza lyoni Blackwall, 1867Box spiders
Galapa murphyi Huber, 2024
Ixchela abernathyi Gertsch, 1971
Ixchela azteca Valdez-Mondr..., 2015
Ixchela franckei Valdez-Mondr..., 2013
Ixchela furcula Cambridge, 1902Cellar spiders
Ixchela grix Valdez-Mondr..., 2013
Ixchela huasteca Valdez-Mondr..., 2013
Ixchela huberi Valdez-Mondr..., 2013
Ixchela jalisco Valdez-Mondr..., 2015
Ixchela juarezi Valdez-Mondr..., 2013
Ixchela mendozai Valdez-Mondr..., 2015
Ixchela mixe Valdez-Mondr..., 2013
Ixchela pecki Gertsch, 1971
Ixchela placida Gertsch, 1971
Ixchela purepecha Valdez-Mondr..., 2015
Ixchela santibanezi Valdez-Mondr..., 2013
Ixchela simoni Cambridge, 1898
Ixchela taxco Valdez-Mondr..., 2013
Ixchela tlayuda Valdez-Mondr..., 2015
Ixchela tzotzil Valdez-Mondr..., 2013
Ixchela viquezi Valdez-Mondr..., 2013Cellar spiders
Mesabolivar aurantiacus Mello-Leitao, 1930
Mesabolivar botocudo Huber, 2000
Mesabolivar eberhardi Huber, 2000
Metagonia amica (Gertsch, 1971)⇒ Metagonia modesta Gertsch, 1986
Metagonia asintal Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Metagonia atoyacae Gertsch, 1971
Metagonia belize Gertsch, 1986Cellar spiders
Metagonia bella Gertsch, 1986
Metagonia blanda Gertsch, 1973Cellar spiders
Metagonia candela Gertsch, 1971
Metagonia capilla Gertsch, 1971
Metagonia cara Gertsch, 1986Cellar spiders
Metagonia caudata Cambridge, 1895Cellar spiders
Metagonia chiquita Gertsch, 1977
Metagonia coahuila Gertsch, 1971
Metagonia cuate Gertsch, 1986
Metagonia delicata Cambridge, 1895Cellar spiders
Metagonia faceta Gertsch, 1986
Metagonia goodnighti Gertsch, 1977
Metagonia guaga Gertsch, 1986
Metagonia hitoy Huber, 1997Cellar spiders
Metagonia hondura Huber, 1997Cellar spiders
Metagonia iviei Gertsch, 1977
Metagonia jarmila Gertsch, 1973Cellar spiders
Metagonia joya Gertsch, 1986
Metagonia lancetilla Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Metagonia lepida Gertsch, 1986
Metagonia luisa Gertsch, 1986
Metagonia martha Gertsch, 1973
Metagonia maximiliani Brignoli, 1972
Metagonia maya Chamberlin &..., 1938Silky ant
Metagonia mcnatti Gertsch, 1971
Metagonia modesta Gertsch, 1986
Metagonia modica Gertsch, 1986Cellar spiders
Metagonia osa Gertsch, 1986Cellar spiders
Metagonia oxtalja Gertsch, 1986
Metagonia pachona Gertsch, 1971
Metagonia panama Gertsch, 1986Cellar spiders
Metagonia paranapiacaba Huber, Rheim..., 2005
Metagonia placida Gertsch, 1971
Metagonia puebla Gertsch, 1986
Metagonia punctata Gertsch, 1971
Metagonia pura Gertsch, 1971
Metagonia reventazona Huber, 1997Cellar spiders
Metagonia rica Gertsch, 1986Cellar spiders
Metagonia secreta Gertsch, 1971
Metagonia selva Gertsch, 1986Cellar spiders
Metagonia serena Gertsch, 1971
Metagonia striata Schmidt, 1971Cellar spiders
Metagonia suzanne Gertsch, 1973
Metagonia talamanca Huber, 1997Cellar spiders
Metagonia tinaja Gertsch, 1971
Metagonia tlamaya Gertsch, 1971
Metagonia torete Gertsch, 1977
Metagonia toro Huber, 1997Cellar spiders
Metagonia uvita Huber, 1997Cellar spiders
Metagonia yucatana (Chamberlin &..., 1938)⇒ Metagonia iviei Gertsch, 1977
Micropholcus fauroti Simon, 1887Cellar spider
Modisimus beneficus Gertsch, 1973
Modisimus boneti Gertsch, 1971
Modisimus bribri Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Modisimus cahuita Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Modisimus caldera Huber, 1998
Modisimus chiapa Gertsch, 1977
Modisimus chickeringi Gertsch, 1973
Modisimus coco Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Modisimus cornutus Kraus, 1955Cellar spiders
Modisimus culicinus Simon, 1893Cellar spider
Modisimus david Huber, 1997
Modisimus deltoroi Valdez-Mondr..., 2009
Modisimus dilutus Gertsch, 1941
Modisimus dominical Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Modisimus gracilipes Gertsch, 1973Cellar spiders
Modisimus guatuso Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Modisimus guerrerensis Gertsch & Davis, 1937
Modisimus inornatus Cambridge, 1895
Modisimus iviei Gertsch, 1973
Modisimus ixobel Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Modisimus maculatipes Cambridge, 1895
Modisimus madreselva Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Modisimus mckenziei Gertsch, 1971
Modisimus mitchelli Gertsch, 1971
Modisimus nicaraguensis Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Modisimus palenque Gertsch, 1977
Modisimus pana Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Modisimus pittier Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Modisimus propinquus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1896)⇒ Modisimus inornatus Cambridge, 1895
Modisimus pulchellus Banks, 1929
Modisimus pusillus Gertsch, 1971
Modisimus rainesi Gertsch, 1971
Modisimus reddelli Gertsch, 1971
Modisimus sanpedro Jiménez & P..., 2015
Modisimus sanvito Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Modisimus sarapiqui Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Modisimus selvanegra Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Modisimus texanus Banks, 1906
Modisimus tortuguero Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Modisimus tzotzile Brignoli, 1974
Pholcophora maria Gertsch, 1977
Pholcophora mexcala Gertsch, 1982
Pholcophora texana Gertsch, 1935Clubmosses
Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)⇒ Smeringopus pallidus Blackwall, 1858
Physocyclus bicornis Gertsch, 1971
Physocyclus brevicornus Valdez-Mondr..., 2010
Physocyclus californicus Chamberlin &..., 1929
Physocyclus cornutus Banks, 1898
Physocyclus darwini Valdez-Mondr..., 2010
Physocyclus dugesi Simon, 1893Cellar spiders
Physocyclus enaulus Crosby, 1926
Physocyclus franckei Valdez-Mondr..., 2010
Physocyclus gertschi Valdez-Mondr..., 2010
Physocyclus globosus Taczanowski, 1874Cellar spider
Physocyclus guanacaste Huber, 1998Cellar spiders
Physocyclus hoogstraali Gertsch & Davis, 1942
Physocyclus huacana Valdez-Mondr..., 2010
Physocyclus lautus Gertsch, 1971
Physocyclus marialuisae Valdez-Mondr..., 2010
Physocyclus merus Gertsch, 1971
Physocyclus mexicanus Banks, 1898
Physocyclus michoacanus Valdez-Mondr..., 2010
Physocyclus modestus Gertsch, 1971
Physocyclus montanoi Valdez-Mondr..., 2010
Physocyclus mysticus Chamberlin, 1924
Physocyclus palmarus Jimenez & Pa..., 2013
Physocyclus paredesi Valdez-Mondr..., 2010
Physocyclus pedregosus Gertsch, 1971
Physocyclus peribanensis Valdez-Mondr..., 2014
Physocyclus platnicki Valdez-Mondr..., 2010
Physocyclus reddelli Gertsch, 1971
Physocyclus rothi Valdez-Mondr..., 2010
Physocyclus rotundus Cambridge, 1898
Physocyclus sarae Valdez-Mondr..., 2010
Physocyclus sprousei Valdez-Mondr..., 2010
Physocyclus tanneri Chamberlin, 1921Elegant helicellid
Physocyclus validus Gertsch, 1971
Psilochorus agnosticus Chamberlin, 1924
Psilochorus californiae Chamberlin, 1919
Psilochorus cambridgei (Gertsch & Davis, 1937)⇒ Mesabolivar aurantiacus Mello-Leitao, 1930
Psilochorus concinnus Gertsch, 1973
Psilochorus conjunctus Gertsch & Davis, 1942
Psilochorus cordatus Bilimek, 1867
Psilochorus delicatus Gertsch, 1971
Psilochorus diablo Gertsch, 1971
Psilochorus dogmaticus Chamberlin, 1924
Psilochorus durangoanus Gertsch & Davis, 1937
Psilochorus fishi Gertsch, 1971
Psilochorus minutus Banks, 1898
Psilochorus murphyi Gertsch, 1973
Psilochorus pallidulus Gertsch, 1935Clubmosses
Psilochorus papago Gertsch & Davis, 1942
Psilochorus pullulus Hentz, 1850
Psilochorus redemptus Gertsch & Mu..., 1940
Psilochorus russelli Gertsch, 1971
Psilochorus sinaloa Gertsch & Davis, 1942
Psilochorus tellezi Gertsch, 1971
Psilochorus texanus Slowik, 2009
Smeringopus pallidus Blackwall, 1858Cellar spider
Spermophorides huberti Senglet, 1973
Tolteca hesperia Gertsch, 1982
Tolteca jalisco Gertsch, 1982
Waunana modesta Banks, 1929Cellar spiders

Subnodes of Pholcidae with occurrences in Central America
SubfamilyHolocneminae
4
55
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyModisiminae
Simon, 1893
5
70
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyNinetinae
Simon, 1890
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPholcinae
C. L. Koch, 1851
5
107
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pholcidae at artfakta.se
Pholcidae at biodiversity.org.au
Pholcidae at dyntaxa.se
Pholcidae at gbif.org
Pholcidae at irmng.org
Pholcidae at itis.gov