Micropholcus fauroti
| Micropholcus fauroti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Micropholcus |
| Species: | M. fauroti |
| Binomial name | |
| Micropholcus fauroti (Simon, 1887) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pholcus fauroti Simon, 1887 | |
Micropholcus fauroti is a species of cellar spider. It is native to temperate Asia and has been introduced to other regions of Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, both Americas, Australia and Pacific islands.[1]
Description
[edit]Micropholcus fauroti has a shallow, inconspicuous groove on the cephalothorax. The legs are long. Males have a body length of 2.4 mm and the first femur is roughly twice this length. Females have a body length of 2.7 mm and the first femur is roughly 1.5x this length.[2]
In the palpal bulb of adult males, the procursus has a characteristic dorsal projection.[2] This structure is not known from any other known pholcid.[3]
In adult females, the epigyne is unsclerotised with an internal crescent-shaped structure visible through the cuticle anteriorly.[2]
Ecology
[edit]Old World Micropholcus (of which M. fauroti is a member) naturally occur in rocky microhabitats such as caves, small caverns of rock walls and underneath large boulders. Micropholcus fauroti is a synanthrope that also occurs in human dwellings, usually in upper corners and edges of rooms.[4]
See also
[edit]References
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- ↑ "Micropholcus fauroti (Simon, 1887)". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "araneae - Micropholcus fauroti". araneae.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
- ↑ Huber, Bernhard A. (2009-01-05). "Four new generic and 14 new specific synonymies in Pholcidae, and transfer of Pholcoides Roewer to Filistatidae (Araneae)". Zootaxa. 1970 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1970.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ↑ Huber, Bernhard A.; Meng, Guanliang (2024). "Old World Micropholcus spiders, with first records of acrocerid parasitoids in Pholcidae (Araneae)". ZooKeys (1213): 95–182. Bibcode:2024ZooK.1213...95H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1213.133178. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 11450384. PMID 39372282.