Physocyclus is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.
Species it contains 38 species, found in South America, Asia, Central America, North America, Africa, Australia, Czechia, and on the Pacific Islands: Physocyclus bicornis Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico Physocyclus brevicornus Valdez-Mondragón, 2010 – Mexico Physocyclus californicus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929 – US, Mexico Physocyclus cornutus Banks, 1898 – Mexico Physocyclus darwini Valdez-Mondragón, 2010 – Mexico Physocyclus dugesi Simon, 1893 – Mexico to Venezuela Physocyclus enaulus Crosby, 1926 – US, Mexico Physocyclus franckei Valdez-Mondragón, 2010 – Mexico Physocyclus gertschi Valdez-Mondragón, 2010 – Mexico Physocyclus globosus (Taczanowski, 1874) (type) – North America. Introduced to Africa, Czechia, Iran, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Pacific islands Physocyclus guanacaste Huber, 1998 – Costa Rica, Honduras Physocyclus hoogstraali Gertsch & Davis, 1942 – US, Mexico Physocyclus huacana Valdez-Mondragón, 2010 – Mexico Physocyclus lautus Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico Physocyclus lyncis (Nolasco & Valdez-Mondragón, 2022) – Mexico Physocyclus mariachi (Nolasco & Valdez-Mondragón, 2022) – Mexico Physocyclus marialuisae Valdez-Mondragón, 2010 – Mexico Physocyclus merus Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico Physocyclus mexicanus Banks, 1898 – Mexico Physocyclus michoacanus Valdez-Mondragón, 2010 – Mexico Physocyclus modestus Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico Physocyclus montanoi Valdez-Mondragón, 2010 – Mexico Physocyclus mysticus Chamberlin, 1924 – Mexico Physocyclus palmarus Jiménez & Palacios-Cardiel, 2013 – Mexico Physocyclus paredesi Valdez-Mondragón, 2010 – Mexico Physocyclus pedregosus Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico Physocyclus peribanensis Valdez-Mondragón, 2014 – Mexico Physocyclus platnicki Valdez-Mondragón, 2010 – Mexico Physocyclus pocamadre (Nolasco & Valdez-Mondragón, 2022) – Mexico Physocyclus reddelli Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico Physocyclus rothi Valdez-Mondragón, 2010 – Mexico Physocyclus sarae Valdez-Mondragón, 2010 – Mexico Physocyclus sikuapu (Nolasco & Valdez-Mondragón, 2022) – Mexico Physocyclus sprousei Valdez-Mondragón, 2010 – Mexico Physocyclus tanneri Chamberlin, 1921 – USA, Mexico Physocyclus validus Gertsch, 1971 – Mexico Physocyclus viridis Mello-Leitão, 1940 – Brazil Physocyclus xerophilus (Nolasco & Valdez-Mondragón, 2020) – Mexico
See also List of Pholcidae species
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