Filling a zoogeographical gap in China: Taxonomic descriptions of six new spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae)

By

Li, Jinglin
He, Qiaoqiao
Li, Shuqiang
Yao, Zhiyuan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1232

Pages

285--310

Subjects

Biodiversity , cellar spiders , DNA barcode , invertebrate , Morphology , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1232.145622

 

Abstract

The spiders of the Pholcus phungiformes species group in China are distributed across the Lüliang Mountains and the Yanshan-Taihang Mountains in northern China, and the Changbai Mountains, which border northeastern China and North Korea. This study presents the first collection of the P. phungiformes species group from mountainous regions situated between the Yanshan-Taihang and Changbai Mountains, revealing six new species: Pholcus chaoyang S. Li & Yao, sp. nov., P. hebei S. Li & Yao, sp. nov., P. huludao S. Li & Yao, sp. nov., P. jinzhou S. Li & Yao, sp. nov., P. liaoning S. Li & Yao, sp. nov., and P. qin S. Li & Yao, sp. nov. Detailed diagnoses, descriptions, photomicroscopy images, and DNA barcodes of new species are provided.