Holocnemus
| Holocnemus | |
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| A marbled cellar spider (Holocnemus pluchei) carrying prey | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Subfamily: | Holocneminae |
| Genus: | Holocnemus Simon, 1873[1] |
| Type species | |
| H. pluchei (Scopoli, 1763)
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| Species | |
Holocnemus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1873.[1][2]
Species
[edit]As of February 2022[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts four species, found only in Africa and Europe:[1]
- H. caudatus (Dufour, 1820) – Spain, Andorra
- H. hispanicus Wiehle, 1933 – Portugal, Spain
- H. pluchei (Scopoli, 1763) – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Middle East. Introduced to USA, Argentina, Japan, Australia
- H. reini (C. Koch, 1873) – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Holocnemus Simon, 1873". World Spider Catalog Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ Simon, E. (1873). "Aranéides nouveaux ou peu connus du midi de l'Europe. (2e mémoire)". Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège. 5 (2): 187–351.
External links
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