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Issue: Vol. 5432 No. 2: 28 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5432.2.3
Page range: 179-212
Abstract views: 84
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Nine new species of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer (Araneae: Pholcidae) from South Korea

Interdisciplinary Program in Smart Agriculture; College of Agriculture & Life Sciences; Kangwon National University; Chuncheon; 24341; Korea
Interdisciplinary Program in Smart Agriculture; College of Agriculture & Life Sciences; Kangwon National University; Chuncheon; 24341; Korea
Korea Institute of Spider and Ecology; Seoul; 08596; Korea
Climate Change and Environmental Biology Research Division; National Institute of Biological Resources; Incheon; 22689; Korea
Climate Change and Environmental Biology Research Division; National Institute of Biological Resources; Incheon; 22689; Korea
Interdisciplinary Program in Smart Agriculture; College of Agriculture & Life Sciences; Kangwon National University; Chuncheon; 24341; Korea; Department of Plant Medicine; Division of Bio-Resource Science; College of Agriculture & Life Sciences; Kangwon National University; Kangwondaehakgil 1; Chuncheon; 24341; Korea
Araneae cellar spiders Korean Peninsula phungiformes-group taxonomy

Abstract

Nine new species belonging to the Pholcus phungiformes-group are described from Korea, viz., Pholcus chugok Lee & Lee, sp. nov., Pholcus noeun Lee & Lee, sp. nov., Pholcus wonju Lee & Lee, sp. nov., Pholcus ungyo Lee & Lee, sp. nov., Pholcus hwangjeong Lee & Lee, sp. nov., Pholcus gimsatgat Lee & Lee, sp. nov., Pholcus solchi Lee & Lee, sp. nov., Pholcus mino Lee & Lee, sp. nov., and Pholcus maepo Lee & Lee, sp. nov. These new species were found from mountainous habitats in Gangwon-do and Chungcheongbuk-do, the northeastern regions of South Korea where the two major mountain ranges (Taebaeksan mountains and Sobaeksan mountains) are located together. Detailed descriptions, photographs, and a distribution map for the new species are provided with notes on their intraspecific variations of copulatory organs.

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