On Venezuelan pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae) Author Huber, Bernhard A. 33607F65-19BF-4DC9-94FD-4BB88CED455F Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany. b.huber@leibniz-zfmk.de Author Villarreal, Osvaldo 679C385E-B068-4351-9D2F-97753E534C26 Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Maracay, Venezuela. & Museu Nacional / UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. osvaldovillarreal@gmail.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 2020-10-01 718 1 317 journal article 10.5852/ejt.2020.718.1101 4069574 F9E9A91E-488C-4DB1-9361-E788E9AC5BC1 Priscula Simon, 1893 Notes Priscula is a largely Andean genus, with 13 of the now 20 described species endemic to Venezuela . However, at least Peru and Colombia are known to have numerous undescribed species present in collections (B.A. Huber, B. Rodríguez-Anillo, unpubl. data), so the actual species richness is certainly much higher. Most Andean records are from mid to high altitudes (~ 1000–2700 m a.s.l.), and the genus has rarely been found on the lower slopes of the Andes towards the Amazon basin [e.g., P. binghamae (Chamberlin, 1916) near Yucumo, Bolivia , at 500 m a.s.l.] or in low Andean valleys (e.g., P. paeza Huber, 2000 in Depto del Valle, Colombia , at 400 m a.s.l.) ( Huber 2000 ). In Venezuela , most western species (in the states of Táchira , Mérida , Trujillo , Lara ) are from mid to high altitudes, while in the east ( Miranda , Monagas , Sucre ), Priscula can commonly be found below 500 m a.s.l. Of the now 13 nominal species in Venezuela , 12 are treated below. For Priscula tunebo Huber, 2000 we have no new data except for rough locality coordinates: Táchira , Pregonero, Camp. Siberia [approximately 7.89° N , 71.72° W ], “Laldea”. In 2020 we collected very close to this place (probably less than 5 km ) but the only Priscula we found was P. andinensis González-Sponga, 1999 .