Micropholcus

Micropholcus
Micropholcus fauroti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pholcidae
Genus:	Micropholcus Deeleman-Reinhold & Prinsen, 1987
Type species
M. fauroti (Simon, 1887)
Species
17, see text
Synonyms
Mariguitaia González-Sponga, 2004

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. As of November 2021^[update] it contains 17 species, with a pantropical distribution:

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

See also

• List of Pholcidae species

References

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