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Pholcus fragillimus

Status not recordedspiders

Pholcus fragillimus is a species in the family Pholcidae, order Araneae. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: China and Japan.

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Quick facts about Pholcus fragillimus

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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Pholcus fragillimus 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 fragillimus is listed for 2 countries.

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

  1. China
  2. Japan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Pholcus fragillimus 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 fragillimus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyPholcidae
  6. genusPholcus
  7. SpeciesPholcus fragillimus Strand, 1907

Synonyms Pholcus acerosus, Pholcus okinawaensis

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • オキナワユウレイグモJapanese
  • 易脆幽靈蛛Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pholcus fragillimus

Other species in the same genus Pholcus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Pholcus fragillimus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Pholcus fragillimus for 2 countries: China and Japan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Pholcus fragillimus?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{pholcus_fragillimus_2026,
  title = {Pholcus fragillimus (Pholcus fragillimus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pholcus-fragillimus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}