Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates) ➔ Class Arachnida (Arachnids) ➔ Order Araneae (Spiders) ➔ Family Pholcidae (Cellar spiders, Daddy-long-leg spiders)

Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)

Große Zitterspinne Longbodied Cellar Spider

Synonyms and other combinations:

Pholcus communis Piza, 1938 | Pholcus dubiomaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1918 | Pholcus lambertoni Millot, 1946 | Pholcus litoralis L. Koch, 1867 |

  • Pholcus phalangioides 3819
    Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)  Große Zitterspinne  Longbodied Cellar Spider 
    Pholcus phalangioides
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2008-05-21 19:28:25
    Image number: 3819

    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2008-05-21 19:28:25
  • Pholcus phalangioides 3820
    Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)  Große Zitterspinne  Longbodied Cellar Spider 
    Pholcus phalangioides
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2008-05-21 19:03:13
    Image number: 3820

    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2008-05-21 19:03:13
  • Pholcus phalangioides 3821
    Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)  Große Zitterspinne  Longbodied Cellar Spider 
    Pholcus phalangioides
    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf; 2008-05-30 17:53:49
    Image number: 3821

    DE, Chemnitz, Markersdorf
    2008-05-30 17:53:49
  • Pholcus phalangioides, male 5865
    Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)  Große Zitterspinne  Longbodied Cellar Spider 
    Pholcus phalangioides, male
    GR, Korfu, Dassia; 2011-09-08 08:00:07
    Image number: 5865
    male
    GR, Korfu, Dassia
    2011-09-08 08:00:07
  • Pholcus phalangioides, male 5866
    Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)  Große Zitterspinne  Longbodied Cellar Spider 
    Pholcus phalangioides, male
    GR, Korfu, Dassia; 2011-09-08 08:00:39
    Image number: 5866
    male
    GR, Korfu, Dassia
    2011-09-08 08:00:39

Distribution:
Western Asia. Introduced to both Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and numerous islands.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Kropf C., Nentwig W., Blick T. & Gloor D. (organizing board). (2019). WSC: World Spider Catalog (version 19.5, Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Bellmann, Heiko: Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas, Franckh Kosmos Verlag-GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, 3. Auflage von 2006, ISBN 3-440-07025-5
  3. Arachnologische Gesellschaft e. V. (2015): Wiki des Spinnen-Forums
  4. Lawrence Bee, Geoff Oxford, Helen Smith: Britain's Spiders A Field Guide, Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition, 496 Seiten, 2020, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-20474-1.