Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775)

Longbodied Cellar Spider

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Non-chordate Invertebrate

Sublevel 2: Invertebrate with bilateral symmetry

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Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Arachnida

Order: Araneae

Family: Pholcidae

Genus: Pholcus

Species: Pholcus phalangioides

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Introduced

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Pholcus phalangioides