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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Synspermiata » Cellar Spiders (Pholcidae)
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Pholcidae
Copyright © 2009 Lee Saborio

Pholcidae
Milan, Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA
February 12, 2009
Longbodied cellar spider, or cellar spider?

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Contributed by Lee Saborio on 12 February, 2009 - 7:39pm
Last updated 13 February, 2009 - 3:47pm

Nice images -
I think you've got the right family, anyway. Is there a difference between cellar spider and longbodied cellar spider? I thought they were synonyms?
… Ken Schneider, 13 February, 2009 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Cellar Spiders
Thanks.
The one here might be a longbodied cellar spider (Pholcus phalangioides), but my book has another (Physolocus globosus) which I think is the same as the "globose cellar spider" in another of my books; anyway, I'm just not positive.
… Lee Saborio, 13 February, 2009 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Sometimes -
you need closeups of eyes and/or genitalia to get a species ID, although I'm not sure in your situation. P. phalangioides is very common and might be your spider... Moving to family page for now - maybe one of our spider experts will comment.
… Ken Schneider, 13 February, 2009 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Bad Joke
Yeah, and with those 8 legs, it's hard to get those closeups of the genitalia...
… Lee Saborio, 13 February, 2009 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

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