For other arthropods called "daddy longlegs", see Daddy longlegs.
Not to be confused with Phocides, a genus of butterflies, or Phocidae, a family of seals.
Pholcidae
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
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Pholcus phalangioides
Close-up of a cellar spider's cephalothorax, showing two groups of three clustered eyes and a pair in between
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Chelicerata
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Araneae
Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
Family:
Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850
Diversity
94 genera, 1820 species
Estimated range of Pholcidae.
The Pholcidae are a family of araneomorph spiders. The family contains more than 1,800 individual species of pholcids, including those commonly known as cellar spider, daddy long-legs spider, carpenter spider, daddy long-legger, vibrating spider, gyrating spider, long daddy, and skull spider. The family, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850,[1] is divided into 94 genera.[2]
The common name "daddy long-legs" is used for several species, especially Pholcus phalangioides, but is also the common name for several other arthropod groups, including harvestmen and crane flies.
^Koch, C. L. (1850). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39561.
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