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Smeringopus pallidus

a daddy-longlegs

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: a daddy-longlegs

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Mangamanga (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: pantropical (incl. Tonga - Pitcairn)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced; S.Group - common; N.Group - common; Land, lowlands - mountains; mostly on/in buildings

KEY FEATURES: xxx BodyL. CEPHALOTHORAX: Roundish, truncate behind, extending downward in front of eyes. Two vertical brown lines below eyes in front, brown median band from eyes to rear margin, brown lateral margins. ABDOMEN: Elongate, twice or more as long as wide, with median rows of paired brown spots forming incomplete chevrons, and lateral row of about four brown arcs on each side. LEGS: Extremely long and slender, four or more times body length. EYES: Eight in two lateral groups of three, between and in front of which are two small eyes. WEB: A tangled cobweb or delicate sheet.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Pholcus ancoralis distinguishable by color pattern and genitalia.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea:
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
P	P

Northern Group: Present
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
		P	P

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Smeringopus pallidus (Blackwall, 1858)
SYNONYMS: Smeringopus elongatus [incl. Marples55]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; ARACHNIDA; Araneae (=Araneida); Araneomorphae; PHOLCIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 5 females (BJM55). Mangaia: 1 female, 1 male (BJM60). Rakahanga: 1 female (BJM60). Pukapuka: 3 females (BJM55) as Smeringopus pallidus.

References:
Special Reference: Marples, B.J. 1955. Spiders of some Pacific Islands. Pacific Science. v.IX:69-76.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM05a, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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