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Family Pholcidae - Cellar Spiders

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Habitat · Works Cited
Smeringopus pallidus - female latrine spider Long-bodied Cellar Spider - Pholcus phalangioides Male and Female Long-legged Spiders - female Cellar Spider - Pholcus phalangioides - male Long-bodied Cellar Spider? Unknown Spider Cellar Spider?
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Haplogynes)
Family Pholcidae (Cellar Spiders)
Numbers
Six genera. (1)
Identification
Legs extremely long and thin, with flexible tarsi. (1) Most species have whitish/gray coloration. (2)
Habitat
Dark areas of houses or basements/cellars. Some live under stones in dry temperate or subtropical areas. (2)
Works Cited
1.How to Know the Spiders
By B. J. Kaston
2.Spiders and Their Kin: A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press
By Herbert W. Levi, Lorna R. Levi, Nicholas Strekalovsky
Contributed by Mike Boone on 8 January, 2005 - 6:27pm
Additional contributions by Jeff Hollenbeck
Last updated 4 December, 2005 - 10:02am

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