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Pholcidae  C. L. Koch, 1850 / Spermophorides  Wunderlich, 1992   8 species

Spermophorides elevata (Simon, 1873)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003937

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Description
Male

Palp: tibia nearly as broad as long. Prosoma 1 mm long. Similar to female, but legs not annulated.

Body length male: 2 mm
Female

Prosoma whitish, with a black median streak, this streak is divided anteriorly into 2 branches. Prosoma 1.2 mm long. Sternum black, often with light spots. Legs light yellowish, with faint annulations. Opisthosoma much higher than long, whitish, mottled with dark spots, ventrally brownish with 2 black lines. Spinnerets surrounded with black.

Body length female: 2.5 mm
Additional information

Under stones, in dry detritus, rarely in bushes.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Western Mediterranean
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Senglet 1973b)

species

male Paracymbium, retrolateral view
(Senglet 1973b)

species

male Paracymbium, anterior view
(Senglet 1973b)

species

male Paracymbium, prolateral view
(Senglet 1973b)

species

male Chelicera, frontal view
(Senglet 1973b)

species

male Chelicera, lateral view
(Senglet 1973b)

species

female Epigyne, ventral view
(Senglet 1973b)

species

female Vulva, dorsal view
(Senglet 1973b)

Distribution List
Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| France / Corsica   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Italy / Sardinia   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain / Balearic Islands   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 pdf

Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522 pdf

Senglet A (1973b) Note sur les Spermophora (Araneae: Pholcidae) méditerranéens. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 45: 307-319 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
19-09-2025 Distribution update Detail
05-10-2013 Image insert
15-04-2013 Distribution update Detail