Micropholcus

Micropholcus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold & J. D. Prinsen in 1987.

Species

It accepted a number of transfers from genus Leptopholcus in 2014, increasing its number of species to 15. it contains 17 species, with a pantropical distribution:

• Micropholcus agadir <small>(Huber, 2011)</small> – Morocco
• Micropholcus baoruco <small>(Huber, 2006)</small> – Hispaniola
• Micropholcus brazlandia <small>(Huber, Pérez & Baptista, 2005)</small> – Brazil
• Micropholcus crato <small>Huber, Carvalho & Benjamin, 2014</small> – Brazil
• Micropholcus dalei <small>(Petrunkevitch, 1929)</small> – Puerto Rico, Virgin Is.
• Micropholcus delicatulus <small>(Franganillo, 1930)</small> – Cuba
• Micropholcus evaluna <small>(Huber, Pérez & Baptista, 2005)</small> – Venezuela
• Micropholcus fauroti <small>(Simon, 1887)</small> (type) – Temperate Asia. Introduced to both Americas, Belgium, Germany, Africa, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Australia, Pacific Is.
• Micropholcus hispaniola <small>(Huber, 2000)</small> – Hispaniola
• Micropholcus jacominae <small>Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001</small> – Yemen
• Micropholcus jamaica <small>(Huber, 2000)</small> – Jamaica
• Micropholcus pataxo <small>(Huber, Pérez & Baptista, 2005)</small> – Brazil
• Micropholcus piaui <small>Huber, Carvalho & Benjamin, 2014</small> – Brazil
• Micropholcus piracuruca <small>Huber, Carvalho & Benjamin, 2014</small> – Brazil
• Micropholcus tegulifer <small>(Barrientos, 2019)</small> – Morocco
• Micropholcus toma <small>(Huber, 2006)</small> – Hispaniola
• Micropholcus ubajara <small>Huber, Carvalho & Benjamin, 2014</small> – Brazil

See also

• List of Pholcidae species

References