Stygopholcus is a genus of Balkan cellar spiders that was first described by K. Absolon & J. Kratochvíl in 1932.[2] As of June 2019 it contains only three species and one subspecies, found in Montenegro, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia: S. absoloni, S. photophilus, S. skotophilus, and S. s. montenegrinus.[1]

Stygopholcus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Stygopholcus
Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932[1]
Type species
S. absoloni
(Kulczyński, 1914)
Species
  • S. absoloni (Kulczyński, 1914) – Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • S. photophilus Senglet, 1971 – Greece
  • S. skotophilus Kratochvíl, 1940 – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro
  •    S. s. montenegrinus Kratochvíl, 1940 – Montenegro

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Stygopholcus Absolon & Kratochvíl, 1932". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Absolon, K.; Kratochvíl, J. (1932). "Zur Kenntnis der höhlenbewohnenden Araneae des illyrischen Karstgebiete". Mitteilungen über Höhlen- und Karstforschung. 1932: 73–81.