Family: Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0017] Back

Gen. Spermophora Hentz, 1841 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00420 ]
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Rachus Walckenaer, 1847a: 459 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05911] (type Pholcus quadripunctatus Lucas, 1846 = Spermophora senoculata (Dugès, 1836)) and of Oophora Hentz, 1850: 285 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05940] (type Spermophora meridionalis Hentz, 1841 = Spermophora senoculata (Dugès, 1836)) by Thorell, 1869: 102; considered a senior synonym of Simonius Kishida, 1913c: 1020 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04945] (type S. typicus Kishida, 1913 = Spermophora senoculata (Dugès, 1836)) by Yaginuma, 1974a: 170.
Status: accepted
Last updated
2023-03-18
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Hentz, 1841a: 116 (type Spermophora meridionalis Hentz, 1841; gender feminine; syn. of Spermophora senoculata (Dugès, 1836))
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45accepted
6synonym
Reference

Hentz, N. M. (1841a). Description of an American spider, constituting a new sub-genus of the tribe Inaequiteloe of Latreille. Silliman's Journal of Science and Arts 41: 116-117. download pdf

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