Pholcoidea

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Pholcoidea
Pholcus sp., Pholcidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Suborder: Araneomorphae Division: Haplogynae Superfamily: Pholcoidea
Diversity
3 families, 1004 species
Families
Diguetidae Pholcidae Plectreuridae

The Pholcoidea are a superfamily of araneomorph spiders. They contain two families of six-eyed spiders:

• Diguetidae
• Pholcidae

and one family of eight-eyed spiders:

• Plectreuridae