Psilochorus
Psilochorus | |
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Psilochorus sp with eggs | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Pholcidae |
Genus: | Psilochorus Simon, 1893 |
Type species | |
Theridion pullulum Hentz, 1850
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Species | |
P. pullulus | |
Diversity | |
c. 40 species |
Psilochorus is a genus of spiders in the family Pholcidae.
Description[]
The abdomen of Psilochorus species is humped and oval. The eight eyes are located in two rows.[1]
Distribution[]
Most described species are found in the New World, especially from Mexico and the United States, but other species occur in South America. P. simoni is found only in Europe. P. nigromaculatus was described from New Guinea, but is certainly misplaced.[2]
Name[]
The first part of the genus name is from Ancient Greek psilos "naked". The second part could be derived from a Greek word for "dance", or "separate".
Species[]
- Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 — USA
- Chamberlin, 1924 — Mexico
- Psilochorus apicalis Banks, 1921 — USA
- Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 — USA
- Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Brazil
- Psilochorus californiae Chamberlin, 1919 — USA
- Gertsch & Davis, 1937 — Mexico
- Gertsch & Davis, 1937 — Mexico
- Gertsch, 1973 — Mexico
- Gertsch & Davis, 1942 — Mexico
- (Bilimek, 1867) — Mexico
- (Keyserling, 1887) — USA
- Gertsch, 1971 — Mexico
- Gertsch, 1971 — Mexico
- Chamberlin, 1924 — Mexico
- Gertsch & Davis, 1937 — Mexico
- Gertsch, 1971 — Mexico
- Schenkel, 1950 — USA
- Psilochorus hesperus Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 — USA
- Slowik, 2009 — USA
- Psilochorus imitatus Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 — USA
- Huber, Rheims & Brescovit, 2005 — Brazil
- Caporiacco, 1955 — Venezuela
- Schmidt, 1956 — Ecuador
- Banks, 1898 — Mexico
- Gertsch, 1973 — Mexico
- Kulczynski, 1911 — New Guinea (misplaced)
- Gertsch, 1935 — USA, Mexico
- Gertsch & Davis, 1942 — USA, Mexico
- Psilochorus pullulus (Hentz, 1850) — New World
- Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 — USA, Mexico
- Gertsch, 1935 — USA
- Gertsch, 1971 — Mexico
- Mello-Leitão, 1939 — Brazil
- Psilochorus simoni (Berland, 1911) — Europe
- Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 — USA
- Gertsch & Davis, 1942 — Mexico
- Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
- Gertsch, 1971 — Mexico
- Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 — USA
- Psilochorus utahensis Chamberlin, 1919 — USA
- Huber, Rheims & Brescovit, 2005 — Brazil
Notes[]
References[]
- Fitch, Henry S. (1963): Spiders of The University of Kansas Natural History Reservation and Rockefeller Experimental Tract.
- Huber, Bernhard A. (2000): New World Pholcid Spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1-347. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2 (with link to PDF)
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Psilochorus. |
- Universität Bonn: Pholcidae (diagnostic photographs of P. simoni)
- BugGuide.net: Photograph of mating P. pullulus
Categories:
- Pholcidae
- Araneomorphae genera
- Spiders of North America
- Spiders of Central America
- Spiders of South America
- Pholcidae stubs