Holocnemus

Holocnemus
A marbled cellar spider female (Holocnemus pluchei) with eggsac.
Holocnemus hispanicus on its web.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Subfamily: Holocneminae
Genus: Holocnemus
Simon, 1873
Type species
H. pluchei
(Scopoli, 1763)
Species

See text.

Holocnemus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1873.

Distribution

Members of this genus are found in Europe and North Africa, with H. pluchei having been introduced worldwide.

Characteristics

The males and females of this genus along with Crossopriza, Stygopholcus and Maghreba are characterized by dark marks on the leg femora and tibiae.

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes four species:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Holocnemus Simon, 1873". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-25.
  2. ↑ Simon, E. (1873). "Aranéides nouveaux ou peu connus du midi de l'Europe. (2e mémoire)". Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège. 5 (2): 187–351.
  3. ↑ "Revisions of Holocnemus and Crossopriza: the spotted-leg clade of Smeringopinae (Araneae, Pholcidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 795 (1): 1–241. 2022.

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