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| Pholcus xiuyan Zhao, Zheng & Yao, in Zhao, Jiang, Yang, He, Zheng et Yao, 2023. |
Abstract
Species of the Pholcus phungiformes group exhibit high diversity in Liaoning Province of northeastern China. This paper summarizes the current knowledge on this species-group from this area. A checklist of 22 species recorded from this province is given, accompanied with a distribution map of the species. Pholcus xiuyan Zhao, Zheng & Yao, sp. nov. (♂♀) is described as new to science, and P. yuhuangshan Yao & Li, 2021 is reported from Liaoning for the first time.
Keywords: Biodiversity, daddy-long-legs spider, morphology, Northeast Asia, taxonomy
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| Pholcus xiuyan sp. nov., living specimens and habitat A, B females and juveniles on rock walls C habitat, arrow indicates collecting site. |
Pholcus xiuyan Zhao, Zheng & Yao, sp. nov.
Remarks: This new species is assigned to the phungiformes group by the following combination of characters: the male chelicerae with frontal apophyses (arrow fa in Fig. 4D), the male palpal tibia with a prolatero-ventral projection (Fig. 3A), the procursus with dorsal spines (arrows in Fig. 3D), the uncus with a “pseudo-appendix” (arrow 2 in Fig. 4C), and the epigyne with a knob (Fig. 4A).
Fangyu Zhao, Tian Jiang, Lan Yang, Qiaoqiao He, Guo Zheng and Zhiyuan Yao. 2023. Pholcid Spiders of the Pholcus phungiformes Species-group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Liaoning Province, China: An Overview, with Description of A New Species. ZooKeys. 1156: 1-14. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1156.98331
