Species notes
About Pholcus phalangioides
Pholcus phalangioides (also recorded as Cobweb Spider) is an accepted species in the family Pholcidae, within the order Araneae. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Australia, Brazil, Chile, France, Greece, and Madagascar. Spiders are arachnids rather than insects: adults have eight legs, no antennae and a body divided into two main regions.
- Common name
- Cobweb Spider
- Family
- Pholcidae
- Order
- Araneae
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Australia, Brazil, Chile, France, Greece, Madagascar
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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