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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Synspermiata » Cellar Spiders (Pholcidae) » Holocnemus » Marbled Cellar Spider (Holocnemus pluchei)
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Patterned Cellar Spider - Holocnemus pluchei
Copyright © 2009 Elliotte Rusty Harold

Patterned Cellar Spider - Holocnemus pluchei
Salton Sea Sonny Bono NWR Unit 1, Imperial County, California, USA
March 22, 2009
Size: body ~5mm
Looks like a cellar spider, but much more strongly patterned than the ones I usually see in Irvine. There were multiple individuals, not all this strongly patterned.

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Contributed by Elliotte Rusty Harold on 24 March, 2009 - 8:43am
Last updated 15 April, 2009 - 6:54pm

From Rod Crawford:
Pholcid, probably Holocnemus
… Lynette Elliott, 24 March, 2009 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

Possibly -
Holocnemus pluchei?
… Ken Schneider, 24 March, 2009 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

 
I was thinking Holocnermus, b
I was thinking Holocnermus, but then I thought about Smeringopus pallidus as well.

Tricky.
… Jebus31, 24 March, 2009 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

 
It does look good for that species as well -
but Smeringopus is not on the CA Spiders list here. The list is a bit old, though...
… Ken Schneider, 24 March, 2009 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Region is a concern. I hadn'
Region is a concern. I hadn't checked that.
… Jebus31, 24 March, 2009 - 1:29pm login or register to post comments

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