Pholcus creticus Senglet, 1971
Description
Male
Colouration as in females. Prosoma length: 1.6 mm. Palpal femur with a small blunt protuberance.
Female
Prosoma and legs yellowish. Ocular area black. Prosoma length: 1.6 mm.
Additional information
In caves and under stones.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Senglet 1971)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Huber 2011)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Huber 2011)
Bulbus, lateral view
(Senglet 1971)
Procursus, dorsal view
(Senglet 1971)
Procursus, retrolateral view
(Senglet 1971)
Procursus, prolateral view
(Huber 2011)
Bulbal apophysis
(Senglet 1971)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Senglet 1971)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Senglet 1971)
Genitalia, ventral view
(Senglet 1971)
Genitalia, ventral view
(Huber 2011)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Senglet 1971)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Huber 2011)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Senglet 1971)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Huber B A (2011) Revision and cladistic analysis of Pholcus and closely related taxa (Araneae, Pholcidae). Bonner Zoologische Monographien 58: 1-509 
Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522
Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13
Senglet A (1971) Note sur les Pholcidae (Arachn.) de Grèce. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 44: 345-359
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2