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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Synspermiata » Cellar Spiders (Pholcidae) » Physocyclus » Physocyclus globosus
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Cellar spider - Physocyclus globosus - male
Copyright © 2011 Dan Bodor

Cellar spider - Physocyclus globosus - Male
Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida, USA
October 18, 2011
Size: 5mm
Based on eye arrangement and location (the ceiling in our home), I presume this is a cellar spider, maybe Pholcus phalangioides. I couldn't find this carapace pattern in bugguide though. Trying to find a more definitive ID for a science fair project.

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Contributed by Dan Bodor on 18 October, 2011 - 5:11pm
Last updated 5 January, 2018 - 3:00am

Moved
Moved from Psilochorus pullulus.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 5 January, 2018 - 2:55am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cellar Spiders.
… Dan Bodor, 21 October, 2011 - 5:15pm login or register to post comments

cellar spider
Moved from ID Request. With 40 species in the US I think I'd have to check some references before guessing this one. The Balabans could certainly be right though.
… Lynette Elliott, 19 October, 2011 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

Looks to us to be
… john and jane balaban, 18 October, 2011 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Psilochorus pullulus
Thanks John and Jane. It certainly does look like that one. As common of a spider as it seems to me, I'm surprised there aren't more photos of it on bugguide. Perhaps too ordinary? I searched Psilochorus pullulus online and it pulled up a Wikipedia page that surprisingly said they are not found indoors. My measurement is a bit longer than their 3.5mm and their described distribution from Maryland to Georgia doesn't match up with our west Florida location and the other find on Florida's East coast. Perhaps the Wiki needs updating? Or could both be a different species?
… Dan Bodor, 19 October, 2011 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

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