Biology:Holocnemus
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Holocnemus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1873.[1][2]
Distribution
Members of this genus are found in Europe and North Africa, with H. pluchei having been introduced worldwide.[1]
Characteristics
The males and females of this genus along with Crossopriza, Stygopholcus and Maghreba are characterized by dark marks on the leg femora and tibiae.[3]
Species
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes four species:[1]
- Holocnemus caudatus (Dufour, 1820) – Portugal, Spain, Andorra, Morocco
- Holocnemus hispanicus Wiehle, 1933 – Portugal, Spain
- Holocnemus pluchei (Scopoli, 1763) – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Middle East. Introduced to United States, Argentina, Japan, Australia (type species)
- Holocnemus reini (C. Koch, 1873) – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Holocnemus Simon, 1873". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2308. Retrieved 2025-10-25.
- ↑ Simon, E. (1873). "Aranéides nouveaux ou peu connus du midi de l'Europe. (2e mémoire)". Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 5 (2): 187–351.
- ↑ "Revisions of Holocnemus and Crossopriza: the spotted-leg clade of Smeringopinae (Araneae, Pholcidae)" (in en). European Journal of Taxonomy 795 (1): 1–241. 2022. https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/european-journal-taxonomy/795/1.
Further reading
- společnost, Česká arachnologická. "Holocnemus pluchei (Scopoli, 1763) [třesavka jižní"] (in cs). https://www.arachnology.cz/druh/holocnemus-pluchei-942.html.
External links
- {{Inaturalist taxon}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
Wikidata ☰ Q2681100 entry
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