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Pholcus exilis

Status not recordedspiders

Pholcus exilis 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 exilis

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 exilis 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 exilis 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 exilis 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 exilis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyPholcidae
  6. genusPholcus
  7. SpeciesPholcus exilis Tong & Li, 2010

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pholcus exilis

Other species in the same genus Pholcus.

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Common questions

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Where does Pholcus exilis live?

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

What kind of animal is Pholcus exilis?

Pholcus exilis (Pholcus exilis) 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 exilis (Pholcus exilis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pholcus-exilis

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

BibTeX
@misc{pholcus_exilis_2026,
  title = {Pholcus exilis (Pholcus exilis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pholcus-exilis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}