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Cobweb Spider

Pholcus phalangioides

Classification

Order
Araneae
Family
Pholcidae

Pholcus phalangioides, commonly known as the cosmopolitan cellar spider, long-bodied cellar spider, or one of various types called a daddy long-legs spider, is a spider of the family Pholcidae. It was first described in 1775 by the Swiss entomologist Johann Kaspar Füssli (his surname is also spelled Fuesslin) as Aranea phalangoides. Its common name of "daddy long-legs" should not be confused with a different arachnid group with the same common name, the harvestman (Opiliones), or the crane flies of the superfamily Tipuloidea.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Belgium · 17,543Germany · 8,159United Kingdom · 2,985France · 1,328Netherlands · 959Spain · 456Italy · 404Switzerland · 215Luxembourg · 53Peru · 5