Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850

Family |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: for comments on the monophyly and relationships of many genera see Huber, 1998d and Huber, 2000; the division of Pholcidae into five subfamilies, Ninetinae Simon, 1890, Arteminae Simon, 1893, Modisiminae Simon, 1893, Smeringopinae Simon, 1893 and Pholcinae, is confirmed by Huber, Eberle & Dimitrov, 2018; two additional subfamilies are described by Meng et al., 2026: 99, 113 (Caipirinae Meng, Carvalho, Podsiadlowski & Huber, 2026 and Physocyclinae Meng, Carvalho, Podsiadlowski & Huber, 2026).

Gen. Platnicknia Özdikmen & Demir, 2009 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03881
type Systenita coxana Bryant, 1940; gender feminine
N.B.: replacement name for Bryantina Brignoli, 1985a: 380 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04542], preoccupied in Diptera by Malloch, 1926; Bryantina is a replacement name for Bryantia Mello-Leitão, 1946a: 50 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00375] (type Systenita coxana Bryant, 1940), preoccupied in Lepidoptera by Schaus, 1922

Transferred to other genera:

Platnicknia coxanus (Bryant, 1940) -- see Modisimus

Platnicknia incertus (Bryant, 1940) -- see Modisimus


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