''Pholcomma'' is a

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of comb-footed spiders that was first described by

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

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 ...

'' (Westring, 1851) (

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) –

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, Iran? *''

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

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

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*'' Pholcomma mantinum'' Levi, 1964 –

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*'' Pholcomma micropunctatum'' ( Mello-Leitão, 1941) –

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*'' Pholcomma soloa'' ( Marples, 1955) –

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*'' Pholcomma tokyoense'' Ono, 2007 – Japan *'' 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'')

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