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Genus: Pholcomma Thorell, 1869 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Pholcomma soloa (Marples, 1955)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007873

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Described:

Distribution: Samoa, Niue

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Otago Museum (OM), Dunedin, New Zealand f - (Marples, 1955a)

Taxonomic References

Theridion soloa Marples, 1955a: 487, pl. 59, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Pholcomma soloa Marples, 1960: 386 (T from Theridion)

Pholcomma soloa Eskov et al., 2026: 52 (misplaced, belongs to Symphytognathidae)

References

Eskov, K. Y., Vorontsov, D. D., Marusik, Y. M. & Perkovsky, E. E. (2026). First pholcommatine cobweb spider from Eocene Rovno amber, with a delimitation of the subfamily Pholcommatinae (Araneae: Theridiidae). Palaeoentomology 9(1): 45-55. doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.9.1.6 -- Show included taxa

Marples, B. J. (1955a). Spiders from western Samoa. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 42(287): 453-504, pl. 56-59. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1955.tb02217.x -- Show included taxa

Marples, B. J. (1960). Spiders from some Pacific islands, part IV. The Cook Islands and Niue. Pacific Science 14: 382-388. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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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
2026-02-26	Type repository inserted	Marples, 1955a
2026-02-26	New taxonomic reference entry	Eskov et al., 2026