Records of pholcid spiders from Micronesia and Polynesia are presented, along with records from Indonesia and parts of Melanesia. Nineteen species representing eleven genera are included. An illustrated key for Pacific pholcids is provided. Two species and one genus are not yet known from Micronesia or Polynesia, but are included in the key because they may occur there. Seven species are widespread synanthropic or anthropophilic species, two species are widespread native species, and nine species are endemics of one or several neighboring islands. Distribution maps include only specimens we have seen, not literature records.
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1 April 2008
The pholcid spiders of Micronesia and Polynesia (Araneae, Pholcidae)
Joseph A. Beatty,
James W. Berry,
Bernhard A. Huber
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biogeography
Pacific islands distribution
Pholcids
taxonomy