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Issue: Vol. 4170 No. 1: 22 Sept. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-09-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.1.1
Page range: 1–40
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Thirteen new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China

College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Araneae Taxonomy morphology biodiversity pholcid Pholcinae

Abstract

Thirteen new species from four species groups of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 are described from China: Pholcus yanjinensis sp. nov. (male & female, Yunnan) from the P. bidentatus species group; P. jingyangensis sp. nov. (male & female, Shaanxi), P. langensis sp. nov. (male & female, Henan) and P. longus sp. nov. (male & female, Beijing) from the P. crypticolens species group; P. huoxiaerensis sp. nov. (male, Xinjiang) from the P. ponticus species group; P. difengensis sp. nov. (male, Chongqing), P. gonggarensis sp. nov. (male & female, Tibet), P. hamaensis sp. nov. (male & female, Guizhou), P. lingguanensis sp. nov. (male & female, Henan), P. qingyunensis sp. nov. (male & female, Jiangxi), P. tangyuensis sp. nov. (male & female, Shaanxi), P. tianmuensis sp. nov. (male & female, Zhejiang) and P. zhongdongensis sp. nov. (male & female, Guangxi) from the P. yichengicus species group.

 

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