Pholcus spiliensis Wunderlich, 1995
Description
Male
Palp: femur with a retrobasal protuberance and a ventral bulge. Prosoma yellow, with dark grey streak. Prosoma 1.2 mm long. Sternum dark grey with 3 pairs of light spots. Legs uniformly yellow. Opisthosoma grey with faint darker spots. Opisthosoma 3 times as long as broad.
Body length male: 3.3 mmFemale
Epigyne: the genital plate is sclerotized in the center and along its posterior margin, both lateral sides whitish.
Additional information
In Meadows, at irrigation ditches, in irrigated vegetation, under stones.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wunderlich 1995f)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1995f)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1995f)
Procursus, prolateral view
(Huber 2011)
Bulbal apophysis, prolateral view
(Huber 2011)
Chelicera, frontal view
(Wunderlich 1995f)
Trochanter
(Wunderlich 1995f)
Genitalia, ventral view
(Huber 2011)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Huber 2011)
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
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
Wunderlich J (1995f) Zwei bisher unbekannte mediterrane Arten der Gattung Pholcus Walckenaer 1805 (Arachnida: Araneae: Pholcidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 625-628