Family Pholcidae - Cellar Spiders

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Habitat · Works Cited

Cellar Spider - Pholcus phalangioides - male

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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