''Pholcomma'' is a

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comb-footed spiders Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. This diverse, globally distributed family includes over 3,000 spec ...

that was first described by

Tamerlan Thorell Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist. Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Oc ...

in 1869.

Species

it contains eleven species, found worldwide: *'' Pholcomma antipodianum'' ( Forster, 1955) –

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(Antipodes Is.) *'' Pholcomma barnesi''

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, 1957 – USA *'' Pholcomma carota'' Levi, 1957 – USA *''

Pholcomma gibbum ''Pholcomma'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. Species it contains eleven species, found worldwide: *'' Pholcomma antipodianum'' ( Forster, 1955) – New Zealand (Antipodes Is.) *'' Pholc ...

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, Iran? *'' Pholcomma hickmani'' Forster, 1964 – New Zealand (Campbell Is.) *'' Pholcomma hirsutum'' Emerton, 1882 – USA,

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Pholcomma mantinum ''Pholcomma'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. Species it contains eleven species, found worldwide: *'' Pholcomma antipodianum'' ( Forster, 1955) – New Zealand (Antipodes Is.) *'' Pholc ...

'' Levi, 1964 –

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Pholcomma micropunctatum ''Pholcomma'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. Species it contains eleven species, found worldwide: *'' Pholcomma antipodianum'' ( Forster, 1955) – New Zealand (Antipodes Is.) *'' Pholc ...

'' ( Mello-Leitão, 1941) –

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Pholcomma soloa ''Pholcomma'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. Species it contains eleven species, found worldwide: *'' Pholcomma antipodianum'' ( Forster, 1955) – New Zealand (Antipodes Is.) *'' Pholc ...

'' ( Marples, 1955) –

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Niue Niue is a self-governing island country in free association with New Zealand. It is situated in the South Pacific Ocean and is part of Polynesia, and predominantly inhabited by Polynesians. One of the world's largest coral islands, Niue is c ...

*'' Pholcomma tokyoense'' Ono, 2007 –

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*'' Pholcomma turbotti'' (Marples, 1956) – New Zealand Formerly included: *''P. amamiense'' Yoshida, 1985 (Transferred to '' Phycosoma'') *''P. japonicum'' Yoshida, 1985 (Transferred to ''Phycosoma'') *''P. nigromaculatum'' Yoshida, 1987 (Transferred to ''Phycosoma'') *''P. yunnanense'' Song & Zhu, 1994 (Transferred to ''

Trogloneta ''Trogloneta'' is a genus of spurred orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1922. Species it contains twelve species, found in Europe, China, Japan, the United States, and Brazil: *'' Trogloneta canariensis'' Wunderlich ...

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