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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 ]
The Pholcidae are a family of araneomorph spiders. The family contains more than 1,800 individual species of pholcids, including those commonly known as cellar spider, daddy long-legs spider, carpenter spider, daddy long-legger, vibrating spider, gyrating spider, long daddy, skull spider, and angel spider. The family, first described by Carl ...
Crossopriza sex-signata Franganillo, 1926. Coroia magna González-Sponga, 2005. Artema atlanta is a species of spider of the family Pholcidae with a pantropical distribution. 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.
Daddy longlegs. What they look like: You’re probably pretty familiar with this one, but just in case: It has one round body part and very thin, long legs coming off of it. Where you’ll find ...
The giant house spider can grow to have a body length of 1 inches with its legs growing up to 4 inches long. ... The long-bodied cellar spider or what is commonly called “daddy long legs ...
Diversity. 5 suborders, > 6,650 species. The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids, colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs. As of July 2024, over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, [1][2][3] although the total number of extant species may exceed 10,000. [4]
Pholcus is a genus of spiders of long-bodied cellar spider and allies in the family Pholcidae, with 375 described species as of January 2023. [1] It includes the cellar spider P. phalangioides , often called the "daddy longlegs". [2]
Like other harvestmen, P. opilio have long, slender legs and a short, round body. Adult P. opilio have a body length of 3.5–9 mm (1 ⁄ 8 – 3 ⁄ 8 in). Males tend to have smaller bodies than females, but have noticeably larger pedipalps and chelicerae with prominent outgrowths (horns) on the dorsal side of the second segment.