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Genus: Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 | Family: Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850

Pholcus otomi Huber, 2011

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044815

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Described:

Distribution: Japan (Ryukyu Is.)

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Holotype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan m - (Huber, 2011b)

Taxonomic References

Pholcus otomi Huber, 2011b: 437, f. 1944-1946, 1971-1972, 2078-2083, 2194-2198 (Dmf) Original description

Pholcus otomi Suzuki, 2022c: 201, f. 1-3 (mf)

Pholcus otomi Yan et al., 2026b: 10, f. 7A-H, 8A-E (mf)

References

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

Suzuki, Y. (2022c). [A list of spiders collected from Miyako and Yaeyama islands, Japan]. Kishidaia 120: 197-204. -- Show included taxa

Yan, M. C., Li, M. H., Ballarin, F. & Yao, Z. Y. (2026b). Morphological and molecular data reveal a new spider species of the little-known Pholcus nagasakiensis species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from the Ryukyu Archipelago. Biodiversity Data Journal 14(e193642): 1-15. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.14.e193642 [[Zoobank: 626107D5-3A6D-4462-8843-8DFF1BC9654C]] -- Show included taxa

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-05-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Yan et al., 2026b
2022-04-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Suzuki, 2022c