Tuesday, October 31, 2023

[Arachnida • 2023] Pholcus duryun, P. mohang, P. worak, etc. • Five New Species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae: Pholcidae) from South Korea


Pholcus spp.
 Jang, Bae, Lee, Yoo & Kim, 2023


Abstract
Five new spider species of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805, P. duryun sp. nov., P. hwaam sp. nov., P. mohang sp. nov., P. worak sp. nov., and P. yangpyeong sp. nov., belonging to the P. phungiformes group in the family Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850, are newly described from South Korea. These new species were collected from mixed forests in mountainous, hilly, and coastal terrains. This study provides the diagnoses, detailed descriptions, distribution maps, and taxonomic photographs of these new species.

Key words: Biodiversity, description, mixed forest, morphology, spider, taxonomy
 




Chang Moon Jang, Yang Seop Bae, Sue Yeon Lee, Jung Sun Yoo and Seung Tae Kim. 2023. Five New Species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from South Korea. ZooKeys. 1178: 97-114. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1178.104780