A new species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Liaoning, China, with identification keys to four closely related species

By

Zhang, Ludan
Wang, Bing
He, Qiaoqiao
Yao, Zhiyuan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1193

Pages

171--179

Subjects

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

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1193.115640

 

Abstract

A new species of pholcid spiders, Pholcus fengmeii Zhang, He & Yao, sp. nov. (♂♀), is described from Liaoning Province, China. The new species belongs to the speciose phungiformes species group. Taxonomic keys to four closely related species are provided.