Pholcus opilionoides (Schrank, 1781)

Zhang, Feng & Zhu, Ming-Sheng, 2009, A review of the genus Pholcus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China, Zootaxa 2037 (1), pp. 1-114 : 59-61

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Pholcus opilionoides (Schrank, 1781) View in CoL

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Aranea opilionoides Schrank 1781: 530 .

Pholcus opilionoides Simon 1866: 120 View in CoL , pl. 2, f. 1–6. Paik 1978: 225, f. 96.1–12. Huber 1995: 291, f. 1B, 3A–B, 5A–B, 10B. Senglet 2001: 63, f. 39–45, 57. Namkung 2003: 44, f. 5.1a–b. Lee & Kim, 2003: 112, f. 57–69.

“ Pholcus opilionoides“ Zhu & Wang 1963: 463 View in CoL , f. 1–3, 5–6, 9–10. Hu 1984: 78, f. 71.1–5. Chen & Zhang 1991: 74, f. 64.1–5. (misidentification)

Pholcus grossipalpus Simon 1866: 121 , pl. 2, f. 10.

Pholcus osellai Brignoli 1971: 35 View in CoL , f. 1–3.

Description. See Huber 1995 (the illustrations of palpal organ and chelicera copied from Uhl et al., 1995, slightly modified).

Distribution. Holarctic

Types material. Unknown.

Material examined. None.

Remark. Zhu & Wang (1963) recorded P. opilionoides for the first time from China. Zhu (1983), however, re-examined the specimens that Zhu & Wang (1963) recorded as P. opilionoides , recognized them as misidentified, and then re-listed them under the name of P. affinis Schenkel, 1953 (= P. manueli Gertsch, 1937 ). Hu (1984) also misidentified the specimens of P. affinis as P. opilionoides . Chen & Zhang (1991) continued this misidentification because they did not know the morphological characters of P. opilionoides . This species has not been yet recorded in China. It is a synanthropic species, so we believe it may be present in China.

References

Chen, Z. F. & Zhang, Z. H. (1991) Fauna of Zhejiang: Araneida. Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House, Hangzhou, 356 pp.

Gertsch, W. J. (1937) New American spiders. American Museum Novitates, 936, 1 - 7.

Hu, J. L. (1984) The Chinese spiders collected from the fields and the forests. Tianjin Press of Science and Techniques, Tianjin, 482 pp.

Huber, B. A. (1995) Copulatory mechanism in Holocnemus pluchei and Pholcus opilionoides, with notes on male cheliceral apophyses and stridulatory organs in Pholcidae (Araneae). Acta Zoologica, 76, 291 - 300.

Lee, J. Y. & Kim, J. P. (2003) A taxonomic study of family Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1851 (Arachnida: Araneae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology, 19, 103 - 132.

Namkung, J. (2003) The spiders of Korea. Kyo-Hak Publishing Corporation, Seoul, 648 pp.

Paik, K. Y. (1978) The Pholcidae (Araneae) of Korea. Educational Journal Kyungpook University, 20, 113 - 135.

Schenkel, E. (1953) Chinesische Arachnoidea aus dem Museum Hoangho-Peiho in Tientsin. Boletim do Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro (N. S., Zoologia), 119, 1 - 108.

Senglet, A. (2001) Copulatory mechanisms in Hoplopholcus, Stygopholcus (revalidated), Pholcus, Spermophora and Spermophorides (Araneae, Pholcidae), with additional faunistic and taxonomic data. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 74, 43 - 67.

Simon, E. (1866) Monographie des especes europeennes du genre Pholcus. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 6, 117 - 124.

Uhl, G., Huber, B. A. & Rose, W. (1995) Male pedipalp morphology and copulatory mechanism in Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775) (Araneae, Pholcidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 10, 1 - 9.

Wang, F. Z. & Zhu, C. D. (1963) A list of Chinese spiders. Journal of Jilin Medical University, 5, 381 - 459.

Zhang, F & Zhang, J. X. (2000) Three new species and a new discovery of female of genus Pholcus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Taihang Mts., China. Journal of Hebei University, 20, 151 - 156.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Araneae
Family	Pholcidae
Genus	Pholcus