Pholcidae

"Daddy longlegs spider" redirects here; not to be confused with Opiliones or Crane fly.
Not to be confused with Phocides, a genus of butterflies, or Phocidae, a family of seals.

Pholcidae
Temporal range:
female Smeringopus natalensis with eggs
male Pholcus phalangioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
C. L. Koch, 1850
Diversity
97 genera, 2,055 species
blue: reported countries (WSC)
green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist)

The Pholcidae are a family of araneomorph spiders. The family contains more than 2,000 individual species of pholcids, including those commonly known as cellar spider, daddy long-legs spider, carpenter spider, daddy long-legger, vibrating spider, gyrating spider, long daddy, and angel spider. The family, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850, is divided into 94 genera.

The common name "daddy long-legs" is used for several species, especially Pholcus phalangioides, but is also the common name for several other arthropod groups, including harvestmen and crane flies.

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