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Pholcus decorus

Status not recordedspiders

Pholcus decorus is a species in the family Pholcidae, order Araneae. Source checklists list it for 1 country: China.

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Quick facts about Pholcus decorus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Pholcus decorus live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Pholcus decorus is listed for 1 country.

China
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. China

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Pholcus decorus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Pholcus decorus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyPholcidae
  6. genusPholcus
  7. SpeciesPholcus decorus Yao & Li, 2012

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pholcus decorus

Other species in the same genus Pholcus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Pholcus decorus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Pholcus decorus for 1 country: China. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Pholcus decorus?

Pholcus decorus (Pholcus decorus) belongs to the family Pholcidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pholcus decorus (Pholcus decorus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pholcus-decorus

MLA

“Pholcus decorus (Pholcus decorus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pholcus-decorus.

BibTeX
@misc{pholcus_decorus_2026,
  title = {Pholcus decorus (Pholcus decorus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pholcus-decorus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}