Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805

In East Africa, Pholcus is represented by 17 species from five species groups identified in Huber (2011). Two species groups are endemic to East Africa and restricted to the southeastern part of East Africa (Fig. 23): the lamperti group (8 species) and the taarab group (3 species); each of the other three groups ranges further west or north respectively and is in East Africa restricted to the northwestern part: the chappuisi group (4 species in East Africa), the bamboutos group ( Ph. hoyo Huber, 2011), and the circularis group ( Ph. leruthi Lessert, 1935).

35. Pholcus amani Huber, 2011 . Tanzania (Huber 2011).

36. Pholcus chappuisi Fage, 1936 . Kenya (Fage & Simon 1936; Huber 2011).

37. Pholcus fagei Kratochvil, 1940 . Kenya (Simon & Fage 1922; Huber 2011).

38. Pholcus hoyo Huber, 2011 . Congo DR (Huber 2011).

39. Pholcus kihansi Huber, 2011 . Tanzania (Huber 2011).

40. Pholcus kwamgumi Huber, 2011 . Tanzania, Kenya (Huber 2011).

41. Pholcus kyondo Huber, 2011 . Congo DR (Huber 2011).

42. Pholcus lamperti Strand, 1907 . Tanzania (Strand 1907; Simon & Fage 1922; Huber 2011).

43. Pholcus leruthi Lessert, 1935 . Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya (Huber 2011).

44. Pholcus lilangai Huber, 2011 . Tanzania (Huber 2011).

45. Pholcus lupanga Huber, 2011 . Tanzania (Huber 2011).

46. Pholcus mazumbai Huber, 2011 . Tanzania (Huber 2011).

47. Pholcus strandi Caporiacco, 1941 . Ethiopia (Caporiacco 1941).

48. Pholcus taarab Huber, 2011 . Tanzania, Malawi (Huber 2011).

49. Pholcus taita Huber, 2011 . Kenya (Huber 2011).

50. Pholcus twa Huber, 2011 . Congo DR, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan (Huber 2011).

51. Pholcus wahehe Huber, 2011 . Tanzania (Huber 2011).