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Harvestman Cellar Spider
Pholcus opilionoides
Pholcus opilionoides is a species of spider in the family Pholcidae (cellar spiders) found in Europe, Egypt, the Caucasus and possibly Iran. It can be easily confused with Pholcus phalangioides.
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Description
The cephalothorax is spherical, light brown with an irregular darker stripe in the middle. The body length (excluding legs) for an adult is 3-5 mm. The long legs of this spider resemble a Opiliones, but upon closer look, it's divided into a cephalothorax and an abdomen.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 541903.