Pholcus opilionoides

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Pholcus opilionoides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Pholcus
Species:
P. opilionoides
Binomial name
Pholcus opilionoides
(Schrank, 1781)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Aranea opilionoides Schrank, 1781
  • Pholcus osellai Brignoli, 1971
  • Pholcus donensis Ponomarev, 2005

Pholcus opilionoides is a species of spider in the family Pholcidae (cellar spiders) found in Europe, Egypt, the Caucasus and possibly Iran.[1] It can be easily confused with Pholcus phalangioides.[2]

The cephalothorax is spherical, light brown with an irregular darker stripe in the middle.[2] The body length (excluding legs) for an adult is 3-5 mm.[3] The long legs of this spider resemble a Opiliones, but upon closer look, it's divided into a cephalothorax and an abdomen.[4]

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