East African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of eight new species (Araneae, Pholcidae) Author Bernhard A. Huber Author Charles M. Warui text European Journal of Taxonomy 2012 2012-11-26 29 29 1 44 journal article 32671 10.5852/ejt.2012.29 3de0a260-04a8-4d36-9384-5cff3934095e 1406636 28503B8D-9B2C-484D-A7A2-B44D4DC04F6D Modisimus Simon, 1893 Modisimus is a New World genus; only the synanthropic M. culicinus (Simon, 1893) has a pantropical distribution. This tiny species is probably not rare, but it has previously been recorded only once from Africa (Congo DR; Lawrence 1938 ; sub Hedypsilus lawrencei ). It is here newly recorded for East Africa ( Fig. 20 ).