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Common Cellar Spiders
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Common Cellar Spiders

Pholcus

The spider genus Pholcus contains the cellar spider P. phalangioides, often called the "daddy longlegs". There are 321 accepted species in the genus according to May 2016 in World Spider Catalog.

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Long-bodied Cellar Spider

speciesPholcus phalangioides

Manuel's Cellar Spider

speciesPholcus manueli

Harvestman Cellar Spider

speciesPholcus opilionoides

Pholcus ponticus

speciesPholcus ponticus

Pholcus crypticolens

speciesPholcus crypticolens

Pholcus ancoralis

speciesPholcus ancoralis

Pholcus alticeps

speciesPholcus alticeps

Pholcus zichyi

speciesPholcus zichyi

Pholcus spilis

speciesPholcus spilis

Pholcus gracillimus

speciesPholcus gracillimus

Pholcus kingi

speciesPholcus kingi

Pholcus dixie

speciesPholcus dixie

Pholcus higoensis

speciesPholcus higoensis

Pholcus fragillimus

speciesPholcus fragillimus

Pholcus otomi

speciesPholcus otomi

Pholcus reevesi

speciesPholcus reevesi

Pholcus dade

speciesPholcus dade

Pholcus baguio

speciesPholcus baguio

Pholcus cheaha

speciesPholcus cheaha

Pholcus kapuri

speciesPholcus kapuri

Pholcus ornatus

speciesPholcus ornatus

Pholcus nagasakiensis

speciesPholcus nagasakiensis

Pholcus gomerae

speciesPholcus gomerae

Pholcus koasati

speciesPholcus koasati

Pholcus choctaw

speciesPholcus choctaw

Pholcus negara

speciesPholcus negara

Pholcus ceylonicus

speciesPholcus ceylonicus

Pholcus arayat

speciesPholcus arayat

Pholcus shuguanensis

speciesPholcus shuguanensis

Pholcus kimi

speciesPholcus kimi

Pholcus crassipalpis

speciesPholcus crassipalpis

Pholcus woongil

speciesPholcus woongil

Pholcus noeun

speciesPholcus noeun

Pholcus kwanaksanensis

speciesPholcus kwanaksanensis

Pholcus spasskyi

speciesPholcus spasskyi

Pholcus turcicus

speciesPholcus turcicus

Pholcus bimbache

speciesPholcus bimbache

Pholcus calcar

speciesPholcus calcar

Pholcus corcho

speciesPholcus corcho

Pholcus corniger

speciesPholcus corniger

Pholcus edentatus

speciesPholcus edentatus

Pholcus fuerteventurensis

speciesPholcus fuerteventurensis

Pholcus guadarfia

speciesPholcus guadarfia

Pholcus helenae

speciesPholcus helenae

Pholcus knoeseli

speciesPholcus knoeseli

Pholcus malpaisensis

speciesPholcus malpaisensis

Pholcus mascaensis

speciesPholcus mascaensis

Pholcus multidentatus

speciesPholcus multidentatus

Pholcus roquensis

speciesPholcus roquensis

Pholcus sveni

speciesPholcus sveni

Pholcus tenerifensis

speciesPholcus tenerifensis

Pholcus velitchkovskyi

speciesPholcus velitchkovskyi

Pholcus sidorenkoi

speciesPholcus sidorenkoi

Pholcus bolikhamsai

speciesPholcus bolikhamsai

Pholcus jaegeri

speciesPholcus jaegeri

Pholcus laksao

speciesPholcus laksao

Pholcus namkhan

speciesPholcus namkhan

Pholcus steineri

speciesPholcus steineri

Pholcus sublaksao

speciesPholcus sublaksao

Pholcus thakek

speciesPholcus thakek

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