The Spider Cytogenetic Database

Current version: 13.0 (Aug 31, 2024)

Douglas Araujo, Marielle Cristina Schneider, Emygdio Paula-Neto and Doralice Maria Cella​
Pholcidae  C.L. Koch, 1850

Cited as = species name adopted by the researcher that performed the cytogenetic analysis; 2n = diploid number of males and in parenthesis, diploid number of females; n = haploid number; 3n = triploid number; 4n = tetraploid number; SCS = sex chromosome system; T = telocentric; A = acrocentric; St = subtelocentric; Sm = submetacentric; M = metacentric; H = holocentric; S = supernumerary chromosome; (?) = dubious description; (*) = designation of the species name not recorded in the taxonomic database.

Valid name Cited as 2n SCS Chromosomal morphology Collection site Bibliography
Aetana kinabalu Huber, 2005 ---- 23 X1X2Y 18M+2A+X1Sm+X2M+Y? Malaysia Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Anopsicus sp. (cf. iviei) ---- 17 X 12M+4Sm+XM Mexico Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Artema atlanta Walckenaer, 1837 Artema atlenta 32 X1X2 ---- India Parida & Sharma, 1987a
Artema atlanta Walckenaer, 1837 Artema atlenta 32 X1X2 ---- India Sharma & Parida, 1987
Artema atlanta Walckenaer, 1837 ---- 32 X1X2 30M+X1X2M India Arunkumar & Jayaprakash, 2015
Artema atlanta Walckenaer, 1837 ---- 33 X1X2Y 22M+8Sm+X1M+X2St+YM South Africa Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Artema nephilit Aharon, Huber & Gavish-Regev, 2017 ---- 33 X1X2Y 16M+10Sm+2St+2A+X1M+X2M+Y? Israel Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Belisana sabah Huber, 2005 ---- 23 X 20M+2Sm+XM Malaysia Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Cantikus sabah (Huber, 2011) ---- 13 X 12M+XM Malaysia Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Carapoia lutea (Keyserling, 1891) Mesabolivar luteus 15 X M Brazil Araujo et al., 2005b
Carapoia sp. ---- 15 X 14M+XM Brazil Lomazi et al., 2018
Chisosa diluta (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1940) ---- 13 X 12M+XM USA Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall, 1867) ---- 27 X 26M+XM India Bole-Gowda, 1958
Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall, 1867) ---- 25 X ---- India Srivastava & Shukla, 1986
Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall, 1867) ---- 23 X ---- India Parida & Sharma, 1987a
Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall, 1867) ---- 23 X ---- India Sharma & Parida, 1987
Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall, 1867) ---- 23 X 22M+XM Brazil Oliveira et al., 2007
Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall, 1867) ---- (24) XX 10M+14Sm India Prakash & Prakash, 2014a
Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall, 1867) ---- (24) XX 10M+14Sm India Prakash & Prakash, 2014b
Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall, 1867) ---- 23 X 22M+XM India Arunkumar & Jayaprakash, 2015
Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall, 1867) ---- 23 X 22M/Sm+XSm India Sharma & Ramakrishna, 2019
Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall, 1867) ---- 23 X 18M+4Sm+XM Vietnam Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Crossopriza sp. ---- 23 X 14M+8Sm+XM Morocco Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Guaranita goloboffi Huber, 2000 ---- 11 X 10M+XM Argentina Huber et al., 2023c
Gertschiola macrostyla (Mello-Leitão, 1941) ---- 28 X1X2X3Y predominantly biarmed Argentina Huber et al., 2023a
Holocneminus sp. ---- 15 X 10M+2Sm+2St+XM Philippines Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Holocnemus caudatus (Dufour, 1820) ---- 23 X 16M+6Sm+XM Portugal Král et al., 2006
Holocnemus caudatus (Dufour, 1820) ---- 23 X 16M+6Sm+XM Portugal Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Holocnemus hispanicus Wiehle, 1933 ---- 23 X 14M+6Sm+2St+XM Spain Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Holocnemus pluchei (Scopoli, 1763) ---- 28 XY M/Sm USA Golding & Paliulis, 2011
Holocnemus pluchei (Scopoli, 1763) ---- 27 X 18M+6Sm+2St+XM Croatia, Cyprus, France, Italy, Jordan, USA Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Hoplopholcus cecconii Kulczyński, 1908 ---- 28 X1X2 24M+2Sm+X1M+X2St Israel Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Hoplopholcus forskali (Thorell, 1871) ---- 28 X1X2 24M+2St+X1M+X2St Hungary Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Hoplopholcus labyrinthi (Kulczyński, 1903) ---- 28 X1X2 20M+4Sm+2St+X1M+X2St Greece Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Kambiwa neotropica (Kraus, 1957) ---- 29 X1X2X3X4Y 24M+X1M+X2Sm+YSm Guinea Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Leptopholcus guineensis Millot, 1941 ---- 17 X1X2Y 8M+6Sm+X1M+X2M+X3St+X4St+Y? Brazil Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Mesabolivar brasiliensis (Moenkhaus, 1898) ---- 17 X 17M/Sm Brazil Ramalho et al., 2008
Mesabolivar cyaneotaeniatus (Keyserling, 1891) ---- 17 X 17M/Sm Brazil Ramalho et al., 2008
Mesabolivar spinulosus (Mello-Leitão, 1939) ---- 17 X 6M+6Sm+4St+XM Brazil Lomazi et al., 2018
Mesabolivar togatus (Keyserling, 1891) ---- 17 X 10M+6Sm+XM Brazil Lomazi et al., 2018
Metagonia sp. ---- 19 X1X2Y ---- Brazil Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Micropholcus fauroti (Simon, 1887) ---- 17 X M Brazil Araujo et al., 2005b
Micropholcus fauroti (Simon, 1887) ---- 9 X 8M+XM Brazil, Cape Verde, South Africa Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Micropholcus piaui Huber, Carvalho & Benjamin, 2014 ---- 9 X 8M+XM Brazil Lomazi et al., 2018
Micropholcus ubajara Huber, Carvalho & Benjamin, 2014 ---- 9 X 6M+2Sm+XM Brazil Lomazi et al., 2018
Modisimus cf. elongatus ---- 17 X 10M+6Sm+XM Cuba Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Muruta tambunan (Huber, 2016) ---- 25 X1X2Y X1M+X2Sm+Y? Malaysia Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Nerudia ola Huber, 2023 ---- 24 X1X2X3Y predominantly biarmed Argentina Huber et al., 2023a
Nerudia poma Huber, 2023 ---- 26 X1X2X3Y 22 biarmed + X1X2X3 biarmed + Y? Argentina Huber et al., 2023a
Nipisa deelemanae (Huber, 2011) ---- 25 X1X2Y X1M+X2M+Y? Malaysia Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Papiamenta levii (Gertsch, 1982) ---- 30 X1X2X3Y 22M+2M/Sm+2Sm+X1X2X3M+YSm Curaçao Huber et al., 2024
Pehrforsskalia conopyga Deeleman-Reinhold & van Harten, 2001 ---- 17 X1X2Y ---- Israel Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Pholcophora americana Banks, 1896 ---- 29 X1X2Y 24M+2Sm+X1M+X2M+YM Canada, USA Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Pholcus alticeps Spassky, 1932 ---- 25 X1X2Y 12M+6Sm+2St+2A+X1M+X2A+YM Czech republic Král et al., 2022
Pholcus bamboutos Huber, 2011 ---- 23 X1X2Y Most biarmed+X1M+X2M+YM Cameroon Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Pholcus creticus Senglet, 1971 ---- 25 X1X2Y 10M+8Sm+2St+2A+X1M+X2A+YM Greece Král et al., 2022
Pholcus crypticolens Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 ---- 24 X1X2 22M+X1X2A Japan Suzuki, 1954
Pholcus dentatus Wunderlich, 1995 ---- 25 X1X2Y 16M+4Sm+2A+X1M+X2A+YM Portugal Král et al., 2022
Pholcus fuerteventurensis Wunderlich, 1992 ---- 25 X1X2Y 18M+2Sm+2A+X1M+X2A+YM Spain Král et al., 2022
Pholcus kindia Huber, 2011 ---- 23 X1X2Y 16M+2Sm+2St+X1M+X2M+YM Guinea Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Pholcus manueli Gertsch, 1937 Pholcus affinis 25 X A-T+XSm China Xiuzhen et al., 1997a
Pholcus opilionoides (Schrank, 1781) ---- 25 X1X2Y 12M+10Sm+X1M+X2A+YM Czech Republic Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Pholcus opilionoides (Schrank, 1781) ---- 25 X1X2Y 12M+10Sm+X1M+X2A+YM Czech Republic Král et al., 2022
Pholcus pagbilao Huber, 2011 ---- 23 X1X2Y 14M+6Sm+X1M+X2A+YSm Phillipines Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775) ---- 25 X1X2Y 18M+4Sm+X1M+X2Sm+YM Czech Republic Král et al., 2006
Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775) ---- 25 X1X2Y 18M+4Sm+X1M+X2Sm+YM Czech Republic Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775) ---- 25 X1X2Y 16M+4Sm+2A+X1M+X2St+YM Portugal Král et al., 2022
Pholcus silvai Wunderlich, 1995 ---- 25 X1X2Y 16M+2Sm+2St+2A+X1M+X2A+YM Portugal Král et al., 2022
Pholcus sp. ---- 26 X1X2 ---- India Sharma & Parida, 1987
Pholcus sp. ---- 25 X1X2Y 14M+6Sm+2A+X1M+X2St+YM Kazakhstan Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Physocyclus californicus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929 ---- 15 X 14M+XM USA Cokendolpher, 1989
Physocyclus dugesi Simon, 1893 ---- 15 X 6M+2Sm+6St+XM Mexico Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Physocyclus enaulus Crosby, 1926 ---- 15 X 14M+XM USA Cokendolpher, 1989
Physocyclus globosus (Taczanowski, 1874) ---- 15 X 6M+8Sm+XM Brazil Oliveira et al., 2007
Physocyclus mexicanus Banks, 1898 ---- 15 X M/Sm USA Golding & Paliulis, 2011
Physocyclus sp. ---- 15 X ---- ---- Cokendolpher & Brown, 1985
Physocyclus sp. ---- 15 X 14M+XM USA Cokendolpher, 1989
Psilochorus californiae Chamberlin, 1919 ---- 17 X 10M+4Sm+2St+XM USA Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Psilochorus pallidulus Gertsch, 1935 ---- 17 X 16M+XM USA Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Psilochorus simoni (Berland, 1911) ---- 17 X 12M+4Sm+XM Germany Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Quamtana filmeri Huber, 2003 ---- 17 X1X2Y 8M+2Sm+4St+X1M+X2St+YM South Africa Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Quamtana hectori Huber, 2003 ---- 23 X1X2Y 20M+X1M+X2A+YM South Africa Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Smeringopus atomarius Simon, 1910 ---- 28 X1X2 22M+2Sm+2A+X1M+X2Sm Namibia Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Smeringopus cylindrogaster (Simon, 1907) ---- 26 X1X2 20M+2Sm+2A+X1M+X2A Cameroon Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Smeringopus ndumo Huber, 2012 ---- 28 X1X2 22M+4Sm+X1M+X2M South Africa Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Smeringopus pallidus (Blackwall, 1858) ---- 29 X1X2X3 20M+6Sm+X1M+X2M+X3M Cape Verde, Philippines Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Smeringopus peregrinus Strand, 1906 ---- 28 X1X2 18M+6Sm+2St+X1M+X2St Madagascar Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Smeringopus similis Kraus, 1957 ---- 28 X1X2 20M+4Sm+2St+X1M+X2M Namibia Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Smeringopus sp. ---- 28 X1X2 20M+4Sm+2A+X1M+X2A South Africa Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Spermophora senoculata (Dugès, 1836) Spermaphora meridionalis ---- X1X2 ---- ---- Painter, 1914
Spermophora senoculata (Dugès, 1836) ---- 25 X1X2Y 22M+X1X2YM Portugal Král et al., 2006
Spermophora senoculata (Dugès, 1836) ---- 25 X1X2Y 22M+X1M+X2M+YM Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Stygopholcus skotophilus Kratochvíl, 1940 ---- 23 X 14M+6Sm+2St+XM Bosnia and Herzegovina Ávila Herrera et al., 2021
Tolteca hesperia (Gertsch, 1982) ---- 15 X1X2Y 12M+X1X2YM Mexico Huber et al., 2023b
Tolteca oaxaca Huber, 2023 ---- 13 X1X2Y 8M+2Sm+X1X2YM Mexico Huber et al., 2023b
Wugigarra sp. ---- 16 XY 12M+2St+XM+YM Australia Ávila Herrera et al., 2021