Pholcus lualaba

''Pholcus'' is a genus of spiders in the family Pholcidae, with 361 described species as of October 2021.

It includes the cellar spider '' P. phalangioides'', often called the "daddy longlegs". This may cause confusion because the name "daddy longlegs" is also applied to two other unrelated arthropods: the harvestman and the crane fly.

Description

''Pholcus'', like Pholcidae in general, have extremely long and thin legs. The genus can be distinguished from other pholcid genera by its large size (body length >4 mm), eight eyes, evenly domed prosoma (lacking a median furrow or pit) and cylindrical opisthosoma (longer than it is high).

Habitat

In the wild, ''Pholcus'' live in environments such as caves, under rocks, forest shrubs and deep limestone cracks. Synanthropic species such as ''P. phalangioides'' live in and around buildings and other disturbed habitats.

Species

* ''Pholcus abstrusus'' Yao & Li, 2012 — China
* ''Pholcus acutulus'' Paik, 1978 — Korea
* ''Pholcus aduncus'' Yao & Li, 2012 — China
* ''Pholcus afghanus'' Senglet, 2008 — Afghanistan
* ''Pholcus agilis'' Yao & Li, 2012 — China
* ''Pholcus alloctospilus'' Zhu & Gong, 1991 — China
* ''Pholcus alpinus'' Yao & Li, 2012 — China
* ''Pholcus alticeps'' Spassky, 1932 — Poland to Russia, Iran
* ''Pholcus amani'' Huber, 2011 — Tanzania
* ''Pholcus anachoreta'' Dimitrov & Ribera, 2006 — Canary Islands
* ''Pholcus ancoralis'' L. Koch, 1865 — Ryukyu Islands to Hawaii, New Caledonia, Marquesas Islands, Rapa
* ''Pholcus anlong'' Chen, Zhang & Zhu, 2011 — China
* ''Pholcus arayat'' Huber, 2011 — Philippines
* ''Pholcus arcuatilis'' Yao & Li, 2013 — Laos
* ''Pholcus arkit'' Huber, 2011 — Central Asia
* ''Pholcus armeniacus'' Senglet, 1974 — Iran
* ''Pholcus arsacius'' Senglet, 2008 — Iran
* ''Pholcus attuleh'' Huber, 2011 — Cameroon
* ''Pholcus auricularis'' Zhang, Zhang & Liu, 2016 — China
* ''Pholcus babao'' Tong & Li, 2010 — China
* ''Pholcus baguio'' Huber, 2016 — Philippines
* ''Pholcus bailongensis'' Yao & Li, 2012 — China
* ''Pholcus baka'' Huber, 2011 — West, Central Africa
* ''Pholcus bakweri'' Huber, 2011 — Bioko, Cameroon
* ''Pholcus baldiosensis'' Wunderlich, 1992 — Canary Islands
* ''Pholcus bamboutos'' Huber, 2011 — Cameroon
* ''Pholcus bangfai'' Huber, 2011 — Laos
* ''Pholcus bantouensis'' Yao & Li, 2012 — China
* ''Pholcus bat'' Lan & Li, 2021 — China
* ''Pholcus batepa'' Huber, 2011 — Sao Tome
* ''Pholcus beijingensis'' Zhu & Song, 1999 — China
* ''Pholcus berlandi'' Millot, 1941 — Senegal
* ''Pholcus bessus'' Zhu & Gong, 1991 — China
* ''Pholcus bicornutus'' Simon, 1892 — Philippines
* ''Pholcus bidentatus'' Zhu et al., 2005 — China, Laos
* ''Pholcus bifidus'' Yao, Pham & Li, 2015 — Vietnam
* ''Pholcus bikilai'' Huber, 2011 — Ethiopia
* ''Pholcus bimbache'' Dimitrov & Ribera, 2006 — Canary Islands
* ''Pholcus bing'' Yao & Li, 2012 — China
* ''Pholcus bolikhamsai'' Huber, 2011 — Laos
* ''Pholcus bourgini'' Millot, 1941 — Guinea
* ''Pholcus brevis'' Yao & Li, 2012 — China
* ''Pholcus bulacanensis'' Yao & Li, 2017 — Philippines (Luzon)
* ''Pholcus caecus'' Yao, Pham & Li, 2015 — Vietnam
* ''Pholcus calcar'' Wunderlich, 1987 — Canary Islands
* ''Pholcus calligaster'' Thorell, 1895 — Myanmar, Nepal
* ''Pholcus camba'' Huber, 2011 — Sulawesi
* ''Pholcus caspius'' Senglet, 2008 — Iran
* ''Pholcus ceheng'' Chen, Zhang & Zhu, 2011 — China
* ''Pholcus cenranaensis'' Yao & Li, 2016 — Indonesia (Sulawesi)
* ''Pholcus chang'' Yao & Li, 2012 — China
* ''Pholcus chappuisi'' Fage, 1936 — Kenya
* ''Pholcus chattoni'' Millot, 1941 — Guinea, Ivory Coast
* ''Pholcus cheaha'' Huber, 2011 — USA
* ''Pholcus cheongogensis'' Kim & Ye, 2015 — Korea
* ''Pholcus chevronus'' Yin, Xu & Bao, 2012 — China
* ''Pholcus chiakensis'' Seo, 2014 — Korea
* ''Pholcus chicheng'' Tong & Li, 2010 — China
* ''Pholcus chilgapsanensis'' J. G. Lee & J. H. Lee, 2021 — Korea
* ''Pholcus choctaw'' Huber, 2011 — USA
* ''Pholcus chuncheonensis'' J. G. Lee, Choi & S. K. Kim, 2021 — Korea
* ''Pholcus circularis'' Kraus, 1960 — Sao Tome
* ''Pholcus clavatus'' Schenkel, 1936 — China
* ''Pholcus clavimaculatus'' Zhu & Song, 1999 — China
* ''Pholcus cophenius'' Senglet, 2008 — Afghanistan
* ''Pholcus corcho'' Wunderlich, 1987 — Canary Islands
* ''Pholcus corniger'' Dimitrov & Ribera, 2006 — Canary Islands
* ''Pholcus crassipalpis'' Spassky, 1937 — Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia (Europe, Caucasus), Turkey, Kazakhstan
* ''Pholcus crassus'' Paik, 1978 — Korea
* ''Pholcus creticus'' Senglet, 1971 — Crete
* ''Pholcus crypticolenoides'' Kim, Lee & Lee, 2015 — Korea
* ''Pholcus crypticolens'' Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — Japan
* ''Pholcus cuneatus'' Yao & Li, 2012 — China
* ''Pholcus curvus'' Zhang, Zhang & Liu, 2016 — China
* ''Pholcus dade'' Huber, 2011 — USA
* ''Pholcus dali'' Zhang & Zhu, 2009 — China
* ''Pholcus datan'' Tong & Li, 2010 — China
* ''Pholcus debilis'' (Thorell, 1899) — Bioko, Cameroon
* ''Pholcus decorus'' Yao & Li, 2012 — China
* ''Pholcus dentatus'' Wunderlich, 1995 — Madeira
* ''Pholcus deunggolensis'' Kim & Kim, 2016 — Korea
* ''Pholcus dieban'' Yao & Li, 2012 — China
* ''Pholcus difengensis'' Yao & Li, 2016 — China
* ''Pholcus dixie'' Huber, 2011 — USA
* ''Pholcus djelalabad'' Senglet, 2008 — Afghanistan, India
* ''Pholcus dongxue'' Yao & Li, 2017 — Thailand
* ''Pholcus doucki'' Huber, 2011 — Guinea
* ''Pholcus duan