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[3] [4] They can be distinguished from other long-legged spiders by the eye arrangement: Pholcidae have two groups of three eyes each, and there may be a pair of small eyes in between them. [3] Most have this middle pair present for a total of eight eyes, but some genera (e.g. Modisimus , Spermophora , Spermophorides ) lack this pair and have a ...
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. This is the only spider species described by the Swiss entomologist Johann Kaspar Füssli , who first recorded it in 1775. [ 1 ]
With so many kinds of eight-legged bugs running around (nearly 3,000 species in North America alone!), the most common house spiders are bound to pop up in your abode from time to time. And with ...
Holocnemus pluchei, commonly known as the marbled cellar spider, is a species of Pholcidae, a family commonly referred to as "cellar spiders" or "daddy long-legs". This species is distributed across the North Pacific region of the United States, as well as in parts of North Africa, Europe, and the Mediterranean. [1]
Trechaleidae (tre-kah-LEE-ih-dee) is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1890. [2] It includes about 140 described species in 16 genera. [1] They all live in Central and South America except for Shinobius orientalis, which is endemic to Japan. [3]
Stiphidiidae, also called sheetweb spiders, is a family of araneomorph spiders first described in 1917. [1] Most species are medium size ( Stiphidion facetum is about 8 millimetres (0.31 in) long) and speckled brown with long legs.
It is commonly known as the giant daddy-long-legs spider, in Australia [2] and South Africa. [3] With a body length of 8–11 mm, it is the largest pholcid in the world. [ 4 ]
Nemesiidae are relatively large spiders with robust legs and a body that is nearly three times as long as it is wide. They are darkly colored, brown to black, though some have silvery hairs on their carapace. [5] Atmetochilus females can grow over 4 centimetres (1.6 in) long. They live in burrows, often with a hinged trapdoor.