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Pholcidae  C. L. Koch, 1850 / Modisimus  Simon, 1893   2 species

Modisimus culicinus  (Simon, 1893)

Description
Body length male: 1.2 - 1.4 mm
Body length female: 1.2 - 1.5 mm
Additional information

This species of South American origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did establish.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): South America. Introduced to Germany, Czechia, Zaire, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, China, Australia, Pacific Is.
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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.

Czechia   (Huber et al., 2017; Řezáč et al., 2021; Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Germany   (Huber et al., 2017) |||
References

Huber B A (1997) On the distinction between Modisimus and Hedypsilus (Araneae, Pholcidae), with notes on behavior and natural history. Zoologica Scripta 25: 233-240 pdf

Huber B A (1998) Genital mechanics in some neotropical pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae), with implications for systematics. Journal of Zoology, London 244: 587-599 pdf

Huber B A, Neumann J, Grabolle A, Hula V (2017) Aliens in Europe: updates on the distributions of Modisimus culicinus and Micropholcus fauroti (Araneae, Pholcidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 53: 12-18 pdf

Řezáč M, Růžička V, Hula V, Dolanský J, Machač O, Roušar A (2021) Spiders newly observed in Czechia in recent years – overlooked or invasive species? BioInvasions Records 10: 555-566 pdf

Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html pdf

Tong YF, Li SQ (2009) Six new cave-dwelling pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Hainan Island, with two newly recorded genera from China. Zootaxa 1988: 17-32 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
04-01-2024 Datasheet update Detail
05-08-2021 Distribution update Detail
02-05-2020 Distribution update Detail
27-01-2017 Image insert
27-01-2017 Distribution update Detail