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

Pholcus opilionoides (Schrank, 1781)

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Aranea opilionoides Schrank 1781: 530 .

Pholcus opilionoides Simon 1866: 120 , 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 , 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 , 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.

Figures

FIGURE 31. Pholcus opilionoides (Schrank, 1781). A. male left chelicera, frontal view. B. left palp, prolateral view. C. same, retrolateral view. Scale lines: 1.0mm (A), 0.5mm (B, C).