Pholcomma is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.
Species it contains eleven species, found worldwide: Pholcomma antipodianum (Forster, 1955) – New Zealand (Antipodes Is.) Pholcomma barnesi Levi, 1957 – USA Pholcomma carota Levi, 1957 – USA Pholcomma gibbum (Westring, 1851) (type) – Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran? Pholcomma hickmani Forster, 1964 – New Zealand (Campbell Is.) Pholcomma hirsutum Emerton, 1882 – USA, Canada Pholcomma mantinum Levi, 1964 – Brazil Pholcomma micropunctatum (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Argentina Pholcomma soloa (Marples, 1955) – Samoa, Niue Pholcomma tokyoense Ono, 2007 – Japan Pholcomma turbotti (Marples, 1956) – New Zealand
Formerly included: P. amamiense Yoshida, 1985 (Transferred to Phycosoma) P. japonicum Yoshida, 1985 (Transferred to Phycosoma) P. nigromaculatum Yoshida, 1987 (Transferred to Phycosoma) P. yunnanense Song & Zhu, 1994 (Transferred to Trogloneta)
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