Cave-dwelling-spiders
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Pholcophora
cellar spiders
Pholcophora is a genus of cellar spiders in the family Pholcidae, first described by Nathan Banks in 1896. The genus contains eight species distributed in North America, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Bahamas. These spiders are small-bodied with characteristically long, slender legs typical of the Pholcidae family. The genus has been subject to recent taxonomic revision, with three new species described in 2023.