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Pholcidae

Cellar spiders

pholcidae.sp2

Light brown, some banding on legs with darker brown

2019.YSN.W7.35

Morphospecies ID: A. Haberkern; Taxonomic ID: A. Brescovit

Location: Estación Biológica Yasuní, Ecuador (250 m.a.s.l.)

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pholcidae.sp3

Whole spider light beige, dark eyes, coxae lighter than rest of body.

2019.BGL.W5.14

Morphospecies ID: A. Haberkern; Taxonomic ID: A. Brescovit

Location: Reserva Biologica del Rio Bigal, Ecuador (900 m.a.s.l.) 

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pholcidae.sp7

Cream abdomen with black markings like stepping stones in a line. Cephalothorax is cream with black marking in centre. Legs are dark cream with faint banding.

2019.BGL.W3.1

Morphospecies ID: A. Haberkern; Taxonomic ID: A. Brescovit

Location: Reserva Biologica del Rio Bigal, Ecuador (900 m.a.s.l.) 

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pholcidae.sp8

Cephalothorax is snow white with bluish grey cross on top. Abdomen cream with blue markings. Legs translucent.

2019.BGL.W4.20

Morphospecies ID: A. Haberkern; Taxonomic ID: A. Brescovit

Location: Reserva Biologica del Rio Bigal, Ecuador (900 m.a.s.l.) 

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pholcidae.sp9

Cephalothorax white with slight blue and brown markings. Sternum all white. Abdomen white with blue markings and teardrop-shaped. Legs grey-brown. Pedipalps bulbous segments and complex structure.

2019.NRP.W1.34, 2019.NRP.W2.10, 2019.NRP.W2.11, 2019.NRP.W3.23, 2019.NRP.W3.7, 2019.NRP.W7.33

Morphospecies ID: J. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: D. DeRoche; Pictures: J. Schmidt

Location: Narupa Reserve, Ecuador (1100 m.a.s.l)

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2019.NRP.W2.10

pholcidae.sp10

Cream cephalothorax with large beige marking. Eyes slightly elevated. Pedipalps hairy and beige. Legs beige, not hairy. Abdomen cream with clusters of blue-black stained-glass markings. Entire underside cream. Sparse dark brown stripes on legs.

2019.NRP.W3.11

Morphospecies ID: J. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: D. DeRoche; Pictures: J. Schmidt

Location: Narupa Reserve, Ecuador (1100 m.a.s.l)

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2019.NRP.W3.11

pholcidae.sp11

Cephalothorax white with black eyes. Abdomen brown with very faint dark brown spots. Legs and pedipalps almost translucent.

2019.NRP.W2.7, 2019.NRP.W3.31, 2019.NRP.W3.40

Morphospecies ID: J. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: D. DeRoche; Pictures: J. Schmidt

Location: Narupa Reserve, Ecuador (1100 m.a.s.l)

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2019.NRP.W2.7

pholcidae.sp12

Cephalothorax cream with blue and brown faint markings. Eyes large and black. Abdomen teardrop-shaped, cream with clusters of blue-black stained-glass markings. Legs and pedipalps almost translucent.

2019.BRJ.W3.39

Morphospecies ID: J. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: D. DeRoche; Pictures: J. Schmidt

Location: Concierto de Aves, Borja, Ecuador (1700 m.a.s.l)

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2019.BRJ.W3.39

pholcidae.sp13

Cephalothorax cream. Eye cluster area dark with white eyes. Legs cream. Abdomen teardrop-shaped and cream with two ragged blue lines.

2019.NRP.W7.15

Morphospecies ID: J. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: D. DeRoche; Pictures: J. Schmidt

Location: Narupa Reserve, Ecuador (1100 m.a.s.l)

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2019.BRJ.W3.39

pholcidae.sp14

Round white cephalothorax with blue marking near pedicel and black eyes. Lateral eyes are large, median eyes are small. Abdomen is oval, blue with darker blue dot pattern. Dots are in orderly rows rather than scattered. Legs long and white, almost translucent. Sternum, chelicerae, and pedipalps are cream. Underside of abdomen is bluish grey. 

2019.BRJ.W3.26

Morphospecies ID: J. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: D. DeRoche; Pictures: J. Schmidt

Location: Concierto de Aves, Borja, Ecuador (1700 m.a.s.l)

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2019.BRJ.W3.26

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2019.BRJ.W3.26

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