Taxon details
Pholcus gracillimus Thorell, 1890
- Rank: Species
- Status: accepted
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Described:
- Last updated: 2025-03-13
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:003707]
- Distribution: Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra)
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- Holotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy; m (Sherwood & Krammer, 2025)
- Holotype: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany; m (Ar5386) of Pholcus kohi (Sherwood & Krammer, 2025)
Pholcus gracillimus Workman, 1896: 71, pl. 71 (m, Df).
Pholcus kohi Huber, 2011b: 417, f. 1927-1929, 1959-1960, 2022-2026 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044807].
Pholcus gracillimus Yao, Tavano & Li, 2013: 303, f. 3A-D (m).
Pholcus kohi Yao, Tavano & Li, 2013: 305 (may be S of Pholcus gracillimus).
Pholcus gracillimus Sherwood & Krammer, 2025: 35, f. 1A-D (m, S of Pholcus kohi).
Huber, B. A. (2011b). Revision and cladistic analysis of Pholcus and closely related taxa (Araneae, Pholcidae). Bonner Zoologische Monographien 58: 1-509. 
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Sherwood, D. & Krammer, H.-J. (2025). Studies on spider nomenclature - II: a synonymy and misidentification in Asian Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae). Arachnology 20(1): 34-36. doi:10.13156/arac.2024.20.1.34 -- Show included taxa
Thorell, T. (1890a). Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 1. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 28: 5-421. -- Show included taxa
Workman, T. (1896). Malaysian spiders. Belfast, pp. 25-104. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.101972 -- Show included taxa
Yao, Z. Y., Tavano, M. L. & Li, S. Q. (2013). Notes on four pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) described by T. Thorell from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 3609: 302-310. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3609.3.4 -- Show included taxa
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| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-13 | Species distribution update | Sherwood & Krammer, 2025 | n/a (Old value) |
| 2025-03-13 | New taxonomic reference entry | Sherwood & Krammer, 2025 | n/a |
| 2025-03-13 | Species synonymy | Sherwood & Krammer, 2025 | Pholcus kohi synonymized with Pholcus gracillimus |
| 2025-03-13 | Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon | Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Pholcus bernhardi Sherwood & Krammer, 2025 |