Five new species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from South Korea

By

Jang, Chang-Moon
Bae, Yang-Seop
Lee, Sueyeon
Yoo, Jung-Sun
Kim, Seung-Tae

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1178

Pages

97--114

Subjects

Biodiversity , Description , mixed forest , Morphology , Spider , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1178.104780

 

Abstract

Five new spider species of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805, P. duryunsp. nov., P. hwaamsp. nov., P. mohangsp. nov., P. woraksp. nov., and P. yangpyeongsp. 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.