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Genus: Lyleka Huber, 2026 | Family: Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850

Lyleka bromelicola (Huber, 2019)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil m (14324) - (Huber & Carvalho, 2019)
Paratype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil f (14325) - (Huber & Carvalho, 2019)
Paratype: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany 3m 7f (Ar 20647) - (Huber & Carvalho, 2019)

Taxonomic References

Psilochorus bromelicolus Huber, in Huber & Carvalho, 2019: 64, f. 240-251 (Dmf; specific epithet stated to be adjectival, see FAQ 6) Original description

Psilochorus Br10-36 Huber & Carvalho, 2019: 68, f. 252-254 (f; here per Huber, Meng & Cabra-García, 2026: 19, sub Lyleka sp. Br10-36 aff. bromelicola)

Psilochorus Br11-147 Huber & Carvalho, 2019: 68, f. 255-257 (f; here per Huber, Meng & Cabra-García, 2026: 18, sub Lyleka sp. Br11-147 aff. bromelicola)

Psilochorus Br11-81 Huber & Carvalho, 2019: 68, f. 258-260 (f; here per Huber, Meng & Cabra-García, 2026: 18, sub Lyleka sp. Br11-81 aff. bromelicola)

Psilochorus Br15-173 Huber & Carvalho, 2019: 68, f. 261-263 (f; here per Huber, Meng & Cabra-García, 2026: 18, sub Lyleka sp. Br15-173 aff. bromelicola)

Lyleka bromelicola Huber, Meng & Cabra-García, 2026: 15 (T from Psilochorus)

References

Huber, B. A. & Carvalho, L. S. (2019). Filling the gaps: descriptions of unnamed species included in the latest molecular phylogeny of Pholcidae (Araneae). Zootaxa 4546(1): 1-96. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4546.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Huber, B. A., Meng, G. L. & Cabra-García, J. (2026). On South American spiders previously misplaced in Psilochorus Simon (Araneae: Pholcidae), with the description of a new genus with a remarkable disjunct distribution. Zootaxa 5828(1): 1-37, f. S1-S2. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5828.1.1 [[Zoobank: E769C439-2FDB-44C4-951B-ADF6BD349D98]] -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2026-06-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Huber, Meng & Cabra-García, 2026
2026-06-09	Species transferred to new genus	Huber, Meng & Cabra-García, 2026	Species transferred from Psilochorus Simon, 1893 to Lyleka Huber, 2026
2019-01-22	New taxonomic reference entry	Huber & Carvalho, 2019
2019-01-22	New species inserted	Huber & Carvalho, 2019