Psilochorus

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Psilochorus is a genus of spiders in the family Pholcidae.

Description

The abdomen of Psilochorus species is humped and oval. The eight eyes are located in two rows.[1]

Distribution

Most described species are found in the New World, especially from Mexico and the United States, but other species occur in South America. P. simoni is found only in Europe. P. nigromaculatus was described from New Guinea, but is certainly misplaced.[2]

Name

The first part of the genus name is from Ancient Greek psilos "naked". The second part could be derived from a Greek word for "dance", or "separate".

Species

Notes

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  1. Fitch 1963
  2. Huber 2000

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References

  • <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Fitch, Henry S. (1963): Spiders of The University of Kansas Natural History Reservation and Rockefeller Experimental Tract.
  • <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Huber, Bernhard A. (2000): New World Pholcid Spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1–347. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers". (with link to PDF)
  • <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

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