Pholcidae

The Pholcidae are a family of araneomorph spiders. The family contains more than 1,800 individual species of pholcids, including those commonly known as cellar spider, daddy long-legs spider, carpenter spider, daddy long-legger, vibrating spider, gyrating spider, long daddy, and skull spider. The family, first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850, is divided into 94 genera.

For other arthropods called "daddy longlegs", see Daddy longlegs.
Not to be confused with Phocides, a genus of butterflies, or Phocidae, a family of seals.

Pholcidae
Temporal range:
Pholcus phalangioides
Close-up of a cellar spider's cephalothorax, showing two groups of three clustered eyes and a pair in between
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
C. L. Koch, 1850
Diversity
94 genera, 1820 species
Estimated range of Pholcidae.

The common name "daddy long-legs" is used for several species, especially Pholcus phalangioides, but is also the common name for several other arthropod groups, including harvestmen and crane flies.

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