''Micropholcus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
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
A pantropical ("all tropics") distribution is one which covers tropical regions of both hemispheres. Examples of species include caecilians, modern sirenians and the plant genera ''Acacia'' and ''Bacopa''.
''Neotropical'' is a zoogeographic term ...
distribution:
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Micropholcus agadir''
(Huber, 2011) – Morocco
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Micropholcus baoruco''
(Huber, 2006) – Hispaniola
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Micropholcus brazlandia''
(Huber, Pérez & Baptista, 2005) – Brazil
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Micropholcus crato''
Huber, Carvalho & Benjamin, 2014 – Brazil
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Micropholcus dalei''
( Petrunkevitch, 1929) – Puerto Rico, Virgin Is.
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Micropholcus delicatulus''
(Franganillo, 1930) – Cuba
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Micropholcus evaluna''
(Huber, Pérez & Baptista, 2005) – Venezuela
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Micropholcus fauroti''
(Simon, 1887) (
type) – Temperate Asia. Introduced to both Americas, Belgium, Germany, Africa, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Australia, Pacific Is.
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Micropholcus hispaniola''
(Huber, 2000) – Hispaniola
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Micropholcus jacominae''
Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001 – Yemen
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Micropholcus jamaica''
(Huber, 2000) – Jamaica
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Micropholcus pataxo''
(Huber, Pérez & Baptista, 2005) – Brazil
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Micropholcus piaui''
Huber, Carvalho & Benjamin, 2014 – Brazil
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Micropholcus piracuruca''
Huber, Carvalho & Benjamin, 2014 – Brazil
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Micropholcus tegulifer''
(Barrientos, 2019) – Morocco
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Micropholcus toma''
(Huber, 2006) – Hispaniola
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Micropholcus ubajara''
Huber, Carvalho & Benjamin, 2014 – Brazil
See also
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List of Pholcidae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Pholcidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 1820 species in 94 genera:
A ''Aetana''
'' Aetana'' Huber, 2005
* '' Aetana abadae'' Huber, 2015 — Philippines
* '' Aetana ba ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Pantropical spiders
Pholcidae
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