Psilochorus is a genus of spiders in the family Pholcidae.
Description
The abdomen of Psilochorus species is humped and oval. The eight eyes are located in two rows.
Distribution
Most described species are found in the New World, especially from Mexico and the United States, but other species occur in South America. P. simoni is found only in Europe. P. nigromaculatus was described from New Guinea, but is certainly misplaced.
Name
The first part of the genus name is from Ancient Greek psilos "naked". The second part could be derived from a Greek word for "dance", or "separate".
Species
Psilochorus acanthus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 — USA
Psilochorus agnosticus Chamberlin, 1924 — Mexico
Psilochorus apicalis Banks, 1921 — USA
Psilochorus bantus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 — USA
Psilochorus bromelicola (Huber, 2019) — Brazil
Psilochorus bruneocyaneus Mello-Leitão, 1941 — Brazil
Psilochorus californiae Chamberlin, 1919 — USA
Psilochorus cambridgei Gertsch & Davis, 1937 — Mexico
Psilochorus coahuilanus Gertsch & Davis, 1937 — Mexico
Psilochorus concinnus Gertsch, 1973 — Mexico
Psilochorus conjunctus Gertsch & Davis, 1942 — Mexico
Psilochorus cordatus (Bilimek, 1867) — Mexico
Psilochorus cornutus (Keyserling, 1887) — USA
Psilochorus delicatus Gertsch, 1971 — Mexico
Psilochorus diablo Gertsch, 1971 — Mexico
Psilochorus dogmaticus Chamberlin, 1924 — Mexico
Psilochorus durangoanus Gertsch & Davis, 1937 — Mexico
Psilochorus fishi Gertsch, 1971 — Mexico
Psilochorus hesperus Gertsch & Ivie, 1936 — USA
Psilochorus hooki Slowik, 2009 — USA
Psilochorus imitatus Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 — USA, Mexico
Psilochorus inyo Slowik, 2009 — USA
Psilochorus itaguyrussu Huber, Rheims & Brescovit, 2005 — Brazil
Psilochorus minimus Schmidt, 1956 — Ecuador
Psilochorus minutus Banks, 1898 — Mexico
Psilochorus murphyi Gertsch, 1973 — Mexico
Psilochorus pallidulus Gertsch, 1935 — USA, Mexico
Psilochorus papago Gertsch & Davis, 1942 — USA, Mexico
Psilochorus pullulus (Hentz, 1850) — New World
Psilochorus redemptus Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940 — USA, Mexico
Psilochorus rockefelleri Gertsch, 1935 — USA
Psilochorus russelli Gertsch, 1971 — Mexico
Psilochorus sectus Mello-Leitão, 1939 — Brazil
Psilochorus simoni (Berland, 1911) — Europe
Psilochorus sinaloa Gertsch & Davis, 1942 — Mexico
Psilochorus taperae Mello-Leitão, 1929 — Brazil
Psilochorus tellezi Gertsch, 1971 — Mexico
Psilochorus texanus Slowik, 2009 — USA, Mexico
Psilochorus topanga Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 — USA
Psilochorus utahensis Chamberlin, 1919 — USA
Psilochorus ybytyriguara Huber, Rheims & Brescovit, 2005 — Brazil
Notes
References
(1963): Spiders of The University of Kansas Natural History Reservation and Rockefeller Experimental Tract. (2000): New World Pholcid Spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 254: 1–347. (with link to PDF) (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
Universität Bonn: Pholcidae (diagnostic photographs of P. simoni) BugGuide.net: Photograph of mating P. pullulus