Holocnemus

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title: "Holocnemus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["pholcidae-genera", "spiders-of-europe", "pholcidae", "spiders-of-north-africa"] description: "Genus of spiders" topic_path: "general/pholcidae-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocnemus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of spiders ::

| name = | image = Holocnemus pluchei mother with her eggs.jpg | image_caption = A marbled cellar spider female (Holocnemus pluchei) with eggsac. | image2 = Holocnemus hispanicus - 01.jpg | image2_caption = Holocnemus hispanicus on its web. | taxon = Holocnemus | authority = Simon, 1873 | type_species = H. pluchei | type_species_authority = (Scopoli, 1763) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text.

Holocnemus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1873.

Distribution

Members of this genus are found in Europe and North Africa, with H. pluchei having been introduced worldwide.

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.

Species

, this genus includes four species:

• 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

References

1. "Gen. ''Holocnemus'' Simon, 1873". World Spider Catalog.
2. (2022). "Revisions of Holocnemus and Crossopriza: the spotted-leg clade of Smeringopinae (Araneae, Pholcidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy.
3. Simon, E.. (1873). "Aranéides nouveaux ou peu connus du midi de l'Europe. (2e mémoire)". Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège.

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