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Published: 2017-08-17
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Ten new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia

College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China
College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Araneae Taxonomy morphology biodiversity pholcid Pholcinae

Abstract

Ten new species from six species groups of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 are described from Southeast Asia: Pholcus bulacanensis Yao & Li sp. nov. (male & female, Philippines) from the P. bicornutus species group; P. duan Yao & Li sp. nov. (male & female, Thailand), P. ping Yao & Li sp. nov. (male & female, Vietnam) and P. vietnamensis Yao & Li sp. nov. (male & female, Vietnam) from the P. bidentatus species group; P. fuza Yao & Li sp. nov. (male & female, Thailand) and P. mueangensis Yao & Li sp. nov. (male & female, Thailand) from the P. buatong species group; P. cheni Yao & Li sp. nov. (male & female, Thailand) and P. subwan Yao & Li sp. nov. (male & female, Thailand) from the P. halabala species group; P. shuye Yao & Li sp. nov. (male & female, Indonesia) from the P. krabi species group; P. dongxue Yao & Li sp. nov. (male & female, Thailand) from the P. yichengicus species group.

 

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