Pholcus creticus Senglet, 1971
Description
Male
Colouration as in females. Prosoma length: 1.6 mm. Palpal femur with a small blunt protuberance.
Female
Prosoma and legs yellowish. Ocular area black. Prosoma length: 1.6 mm.
Additional information
In caves and under stones.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Senglet 1971)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Huber 2011)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Huber 2011)
Bulbus, lateral view
(Senglet 1971)
Procursus, dorsal view
(Senglet 1971)
Procursus, retrolateral view
(Senglet 1971)
Procursus, prolateral view
(Huber 2011)
Bulbal apophysis
(Senglet 1971)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Senglet 1971)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Senglet 1971)
Genitalia, ventral view
(Senglet 1971)
Genitalia, ventral view
(Huber 2011)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Senglet 1971)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Huber 2011)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Senglet 1971)
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.
References
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147
Huber B A (2011) Revision and cladistic analysis of Pholcus and closely related taxa (Araneae, Pholcidae). Bonner Zoologische Monographien 58: 1-509
Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13
Senglet A (1971) Note sur les Pholcidae (Arachn.) de Grèce. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 44: 345-359
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 19-09-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |