Pholcus

Taxobox
name = "Pholcus"

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image_caption = "P. phalangioides"
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Pholcidae
genus = "Pholcus"
genus_authority = Walckenaer, 1805
diversity_link = List of Pholcidae species#Pholcus
diversity = c. 120 species
range_

range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "P. nagasakiensis"
"P. okinawaensis"
"P. phalangioides"
"P. opilionides"
"many more"

The spider genus "Pholcus" contains the Daddy long-legs spider "P. phalangioides".

Confusion often arises because the name "Daddy longlegs" is also applied to two other unrelated arthropods: the Harvestman and the Crane Fly.