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Pholcus ancoralis

a daddy-longlegs spider

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: a daddy-longlegs spider, Daddylonglegs Spider

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Mangamanga (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Samoa - Marquesas; s. to Australs

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native?, Introduced?; Land, lowlands - mountains

KEY FEATURES: xxx BodyL: CEPHALOTHORAX: Nearly round, whitish with lateral brown stripes and a median one covering eye region and extending to posterior margin. ABDOMEN: Long and slender 4 or more times width, whitish with a median brown stripe followed by 2 brown spots and a transverse brown bar above spinnerets. LEGS: Extremely long and slender, four or more times body length, with white rings distally on femur and tibia. WEB: A delicate convex sheet or dome. EYES: In two triads, between which are two very small inconspicuous eyes.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Smeringopus pallidus is distinguishable by color pattern and genitalia.

Cook Islands Distribution

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

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

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

Pholcus ancoralis L. Koch, 1865
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; ARACHNIDA; Araneae (=Araneida); Araneomorphae; PHOLCIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 1 male (BJM55). Pukapuka: fieldspecimen+photo, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Pholcus ancoralis.

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, 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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