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Pholcidae  C. L. Koch, 1850 / Belisana  Thorell, 1898   1 species

Belisana ambengan Huber, 2005

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039586

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Description
Additional information

So far only recorded from buildings. This species of Indonesian 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 2026): Indonesia (Bali). Introduced to the Netherlands
Figures
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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bloem & Noordijk 2021)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Huber 2005b)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Huber 2005b)

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male Chelicerae, frontal view
(Huber 2005b)

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male Habitus, lateral view
(Bloem & Noordijk 2021)

Distribution List
Netherlands   (Bloem & Noordijk, 2021) |||
References

Bloem G J, Noordijk J (2021) Arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Mesostigmata, Pseudoscorpiones) from tropical greenhouses at Rotterdam Zoo (the Netherlands), including a pholcid spider new to Europe. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 61: 36-44 pdf

Huber B A (2005b) High species diversity, male-female coevolution, and metaphyly in Southeast Asian pholcid spiders: the case of Belisana Thorell 1898 (Araneae, Pholcidae). Zoologica 155: 1-126 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
27-06-2021 Datasheet update Detail
03-04-2021 Image insert
03-04-2021 Distribution insert Detail