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Pholcidae  C. L. Koch, 1850 / Physocyclus  Simon, 1893   1 species

Physocyclus globosus  (Taczanowski, 1874)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003781

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Description
Additional information

This species of North American origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and it is unknown if it could establish meanwhile.

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): North America. Introduced to Africa, Czechia, Iran, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Pacific islands
Figures
species

male Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Huber & Eberhard 1997)

species

male Chelicerae, frontal view
(Huber & Eberhard 1997)

species

female Epigyne
(Huber & Eberhard 1997)

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   (Řezáč et al., 2021; Růžička & Hula, 2017) |||
References

Huber B A, Eberhard W G (1997) Courtship, copulation, and genital mechanics in Physocyclus globosus (Araneae, Pholcidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 905-918 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, Hula V (2017) Velké dobrodružství: Physocyclus globosus (Taczanowski, 1874) zavlečen do Evropy. Physocyclus globosus (Taczanowski, 1874) introduced to Europe. Pavouk 43: 4-5 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
08-02-2023 Datasheet update Detail
12-12-2022 Distribution update Detail
05-08-2021 Distribution update Detail
20-09-2018 Image insert
20-09-2018 Distribution update Detail