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Species Psilochorus apicalis

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Synspermiata)
Family Pholcidae (Cellar Spiders)
Genus Psilochorus
Species apicalis (Psilochorus apicalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Identification
Per Slowik 2009: "This species can be separated from all other species by the cheliceral spur shape in the males and the overhanging MEP in the females. The sternal pattern is also distinctive".
Range
California.
Print References
Slowik, J. 2009. A review of the cellar spider genus Psilochorus Simon 1893 in America north of Mexico (Araneae: Pholcidae). Zootaxa 2144: 1-53.