Pholcid spiders of the Pholcus phungiformes species-group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Liaoning Province, China: an overview, with description of a new species

By

Zhao, Fangyu
Jiang, Tian
Yang, Lan
He, Qiaoqiao
Zheng, Guo
Yao, Zhiyuan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1156

Pages

1--14

Subjects

Biodiversity , daddy-long-legs spider , Morphology , Northeast Asia , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1156.98331

 

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.