Taxon details

Family: Pholcidae / Genus: Micropholcus

Micropholcus fauroti (Simon, 1887)

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-11-04
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003581]
  • Distribution: Temperate Asia. Introduced to both Americas, St. Helena, Belgium, Germany, Africa, Middle East, India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Australia, Pacific Is.
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil (database excerpt, August 2019); Leptopholcus occidentalis Mello-Leitão, 1929, (00858); 1 f (destroyed by the fire 2018)
  • Holotype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela; m (105784 = MAGS 1320) of Mariguitaia museorum (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
  • Holotype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela; m (105772 = MAGS 1003) of Mariguitaia sucrensis (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
  • Paratype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela; 7f (105784 = MAGS 1320) of Mariguitaia museorum (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
  • Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; 1m 1f (Deeleman-Reinhold & Prinsen, 1987)
  • Syntype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela; 3m 3f (105783 = MAGS 1302) of Mariguitaia divergentis (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
  • Syntype: Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela; 3m 4f 4j (105588 = MAGS 1156) of Mariguitaia neoespartana (Huber & Villarreal, 2020)
Taxonomic references
Pholcus fauroti Simon, 1887e: 453 (Dmf).
Pholcus infirmus Thorell, 1895b: 72 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060404].
Pholcus unicolor Petrunkevitch, 1929b: 147, f. 139-143 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060410].
Leptopholcus occidentalis Mello-Leitão, 1929c: 95, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060407].
Pholcus senegalensis Millot, 1941: 14, f. 5 bis A-B (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060408].
Pholcus chavanei Millot, 1946a: 130, f. 2A-B (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060401].
Micromerys occidentalis Mello-Leitão, 1946a: 75 (T from Leptopholcus).
Micropholcus fauroti Deeleman-Reinhold & Prinsen, 1987: 73, f. 1-9 (mf, T from Pholcus, S of Pholcus chavanei, P. infirmus, P. senegalensis and P. unicolor, for P. unicolor confirming Roth, 1985: B-33-1).
Micropholcus fauroti Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 52, f. 22T-Y (mf).
Micropholcus fauroti Huber, 2000: 55, f. 26, 47, 106, 123, 158-159 (S of Micromerys occidentalis).
Micropholcus fauroti Irie, 2000b: 215, f. 1-4 (mf).
Micropholcus fauroti Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001: 199, f. 19-20 (f).
Micropholcus fauroti Van Keer & Van Keer, 2001: 83, f. 4.1-9 (mf).
Micropholcus fauroti Saaristo, 2001b: 12, f. 7-15 (mf).
Mariguitaia divergentis González-Sponga, 2004a: 64, pl. 1, f. 1-9 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060403].
Mariguitaia museorum González-Sponga, 2004a: 68, pl. 2, f. 1-9 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060405].
Mariguitaia neoespartana González-Sponga, 2004a: 70, pl. 3, f. 1-9 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060406].
Mariguitaia sucrensis González-Sponga, 2004a: 72, pl. 4, f. 1-7 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060409].
Micropholcus fauroti Beatty, Berry & Huber, 2008: 12, f. 21-22, 56-57 (mf).
Micropholcus fauroti Irie, 2009: 106, f. 6-8 (mf).
Micropholcus fauroti Huber, 2009a: 66 (S of Mariguitaia divergentis, M. museorum, M. neoespartana and M. occidentalis).
Micropholcus fauroti Saaristo, 2010: 163, f. 25.21-30 (mf).
Micropholcus fauroti Huber, 2011b: 26, f. 1, 30-31, 48-49, 83-101 (mf).
Micropholcus fauroti Huber et al., 2017: 14, f. 4-7 (mf).
Micropholcus fauroti Vishnudas & Sudhikumar, 2021: 60, f. 1-8 (mf).
Micropholcus fauroti Huber & Meng, 2024: 116, f. 16A-C, 17A-E, 18A-D (mf).
Micropholcus fauroti Sherwood et al., 2024e: 1251, f. 32A-C (m).
References

Beatty, J. A., Berry, J. W. & Huber, B. A. (2008). The pholcid spiders of Micronesia and Polynesia (Araneae, Pholcidae). Journal of Arachnology 36(1): 1-25. doi:10.1636/H05-66.1 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. & Prinsen, J. D. (1987). Micropholcus fauroti (Simon) n. comb., a pantropical, synanthropic spider (Araneae: Pholcidae). Entomologische Berichten 47: 73-77. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. & Harten, A. van (2001). Description of some interesting, new or little known Pholcidae (Araneae) from Yemen. In: Prakash, I. (ed.) Ecology of Desert Environments. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, India, pp. 193-207. download pdf -- Show included taxa

González-Sponga, M. A. (2004a). Arácnidos de Venezuela. Un nuevo género y nuevas especies de la familia Pholcidae (Araneae). Aula y Ambiente 4: 63-76. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A. (2000). New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1-348. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2000)254<0001:NWPSAP>2.0.CO;2 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A. (2009a). Four new generic and 14 new specific synonymies in Pholcidae, and transfer of Pholcoides Roewer to Filistatidae (Araneae). Zootaxa 1970: 64-68, 1977: 68. , 10.11646/zootaxa.1997.1.6 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1970.1.3 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A. (2011b). Revision and cladistic analysis of Pholcus and closely related taxa (Araneae, Pholcidae). Bonner Zoologische Monographien 58: 1-509. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A., Neumann, J., Grabolle, A. & Hula, V. (2017). Aliens in Europe: updates on the distributions of Modisimus culicinus and Micropholcus fauroti (Araneae, Pholcidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 53: 12-18. doi:10.5431/aramit5303 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A. & Meng, G. L. (2024). Old World Micropholcus spiders, with first records of acrocerid parasitoids in Pholcidae (Araneae). ZooKeys 1213: 95-182. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Irie, T. (2000b). A newly recorded spider from Japan, Micropholcus fauroti (Simon 1887) (Araneae: Pholcidae). Acta Arachnologica 49(2): 215-217. doi:10.2476/asjaa.49.215 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Irie, T. (2009). Pholcidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 106-111. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1929c). Aranhas do Pernambuco, colhidas por D. Bento Pickel. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 1: 91-112. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1946a). Notas sobre os Filistatidae e Pholcidae. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 18: 39-83. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Millot, J. (1941). Les araignées de l'Afrique Occidentale Française - sicariides et pholcides. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France (2) 64(3, 1940): 1-53. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Millot, J. (1946a). Les pholcides de Madagascar (Aranéides). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (N.S.) 22: 127-158. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1929b). The spiders of Porto Rico. Part one. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 30: 1-158. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. (2001b). Pholcid spiders of the granitic Seychelles (Araneae, Pholcidae). Phelsuma 9: 9-28. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. (2010). Araneae. In: Gerlach, J. & Marusik, Y. M. (eds.) Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, pp. 8-306. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Henrard, A., Jocqué, R., Fowler, L., Marusik, Y. M., Maddison, W., Harvey, M. S., Hormiga, G., Rheims, C. A., Piacentini, L. N., Peters, M., Stevens, N., Joshua, D., Scipio-O’Dean, C. J., Ellick, G., Wilkins, V., Ashmole, M. & Ashmole, P. (2024e). Annotated checklist of the spiders of Saint Helena, with new records, descriptions of unknown sexes, new and restored genera, and two new species (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Arachnology 19(9): 1218-1291. doi:10.13156/arac.2024.19.9.1218 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1887e). Arachnides recueillis à Obock en 1886, par M. le Dr L. Faurot. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 12(2-4): 452-455. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1895b). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London, 406 pp. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.17492 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Van Keer, K. & Van Keer, J. (2001). Ingeburgerde exotische trilspinnen (Araneae: Pholcidae) in Antwerpse haven en enkele algemene bedenkingen bij spinnenmigratie. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 16(3): 81-86. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Vishnudas, E. H. & Sudhikumar, A. V. (2021). First report of the small daddy long leg spider Micropholcus fauroti (Simon, 1887) (Araneae: Pholcidae) female from India with redescription of the male. Serket 18(1): 59-63. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Date Type Reference Detail
2024-11-04 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood et al., 2024e n/a
2024-11-04 Species distribution update Sherwood et al., 2024e n/a (Old value)
2024-09-26 New taxonomic reference entry Huber & Meng, 2024 n/a
2024-09-26 Species distribution update Huber & Meng, 2024 n/a (Old value)
2021-11-09 New taxonomic reference entry Vishnudas & Sudhikumar, 2021 n/a
2021-11-09 Species distribution update Vishnudas & Sudhikumar, 2021 n/a (Old value)
2019-01-23 Species distribution update Huber, 2019 n/a (Old value)
2017-01-28 New taxonomic reference entry Huber et al., 2017 n/a
2017-01-28 Species distribution update Huber et al., 2017 n/a (Old value)
2015-02-23 New taxonomic reference entry Van Keer & Van Keer, 2001 n/a