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Pholcidae  C. L. Koch, 1850 / Pholcus  Walckenaer, 1805   15 species

Pholcus turcicus Wunderlich, 1980

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003767

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Description
Male

Prosoma yellow, with a brown dorsal-median marking, diveded anteriorly. Sternum grey, with light spots neae coxae. Legs light brown, femora somewhat darker. Opisthosoma ochre-grey.

Body length male: 4.0 mm
Female

unknown.

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

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Huber 2011)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Huber 2011)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1980a)

species

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wunderlich 1980a)

species

male Paracymbium
(Wunderlich 1980a)

species

male Paracymbium
(Wunderlich 1980a)

species

male Prosoma, lateral view
(Wunderlich 1980a)

species

male Chelicerae, frontal view
(Huber 2011)

species

male Chelicerae, frontal view
(Wunderlich 1980a)

Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Huber B A (2011) Revision and cladistic analysis of Pholcus and closely related taxa (Araneae, Pholcidae). Bonner Zoologische Monographien 58: 1-509 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Wunderlich J (1980a) Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Arachnida: Araneae: Pholcidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 60: 219-227 pdf