Pholcus

genus of arachnids
Taxon taxon Q140595
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Pholcus

Summary

Pholcus is a taxon[1]. Pholcus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (234 views/month, #1,598 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pholcus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pholcus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Pholcus is classified within Pholcidae[5].
  • Pholcus's scientific name is Pholcus[6].
  • Pholcus's Commons category is recorded as Pholcus[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Pholcus is Pholcus phalangioides[8].
  • Pholcus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pholcus[9].
  • Pholcus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '유령거미속'}[10].
  • Pholcus's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[11].
  • Pholcus's taxon author citation is recorded as Walckenaer, 1805[12].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Pholcus is Pholcus[6]. Pholcus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Pholcus is classified within Pholcidae[5]. The taxonomic type of Pholcus is Pholcus phalangioides[8]. Pholcus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '유령거미속'}[10].

Identifiers

Pholcus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 67329[13]. Pholcus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6931[14]. Pholcus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 111712[15]. Pholcus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2149911[16]. Pholcus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 849119[17].

Why It Matters

Pholcus ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (234 views/month, #1,598 of 195,241).[2] Pholcus has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] . wikidata.org.
  15. [12] . biodiversity.org.au. biodiversity.org.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Pholcidae
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Invasion Biology
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007585907405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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