Pholcophora americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pholcoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Haplogynae Superfamilia: Pholcoidea

Familia: Pholcidae
Subfamilia: Ninetinae
Genus: Pholcophora
Species: Pholcophora americana

Name

Pholcophora americana Banks, 1896

Type locality: Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA.

Syntypes: MCZ. 2 males ♂ and 2 females ♀. no date. legit N. Banks

Synonymy

• Pholcophora obscura Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935: 12 (synonymized by Gertsch, 1982)
  • Type locality: Aspen Valley, Yosemite Park, California, USA.
    • Holotype: AMNH. female ♀. 11.VIII.1931. legit W. Ivie.

References

Primary references

• Banks, N. 1896a: New North American spiders and mites. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 57-77. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Chamberlin, R.V. & Ivie, W. 1935. Miscellaneous new American spiders. Bulletin of the University of Utah 26(4): 1-79. Reference page. 
• Huber, B.A. 2000: New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1-348. Reference page.