Pholcus spasskyi Brignoli, 1978
Description
Male
Prosoma ochre-yellow with brown median marking, widened posteriorly, ocular area not darkened. Sternum light brown with numerous lighter spots, margin dark brown. Legs ochre-yellow. Opisthosoma ochre-grey.
Body length male: 5.4 mmFemale
Colouration as in males
Body length female: 5.8 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Huber 2011)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Huber 2011)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Brignoli 1972b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Brignoli 1972b)
Procursus, prolateral view
(Huber 2011)
Procursus
(Brignoli 1972b)
Bulbal apophysis
(Huber 2011)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Huber 2011)
Chelicera
(Brignoli 1972b)
Genitalia, ventral view
(Huber 2011)
Epigyne
(Brignoli 1972b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Huber 2011)
Vulva
(Brignoli 1972b)
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
Brignoli P M (1972b) Terzo contributo alla conoscenza dei ragni cavernicoli di Turchia (Araneae). Fragmenta Entomologica 8: 161-190 
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
Huber B A (2011) Revision and cladistic analysis of Pholcus and closely related taxa (Araneae, Pholcidae). Bonner Zoologische Monographien 58: 1-509
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
| 14-05-2013 | Image insert |