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Pholcus phungiformes species-group Diagnosis. THIS SPECIES-GROUP CAN BE DISTINGUISHED FROM All KNOWN CONGENERS BY THE COMBINATION OF THE FOllOWING CHARACTERS: EIGHT EYES; CARAPACE WITH RADIATING MARKS; OPISTHOSOMA CYlINDRICAl; MAlE CHElICERAE USUAllY WITH FRONTAl APOPHYSES; MAlE PEDIPAlPAl TIBIA WITH A PROlATERO-VENTRAl PROJECTION; PROCURSUS USUAllY WITH DORSAl SPINES; APPENDIX ABSENT, SOMETIMES WITH A ���PSEUDO-APPENDIX���; EPIGYNUM HEAVIlY SClEROTIZED, WITH A ���KNOB��� (HUBER 2011B). Composition. THE SPECIES-GROUP NOW CONTAINS 50 SPECIES AND IS lARGElY RESTRICTED TO NORTHEASTERN CHINA AND THE KOREAN PENINSUlA. OF THESE, ONE SPECIES IS NEWlY DESCRIBED: P. ningan YAO & LI sp. nov., FIVE SPECIES ORIGINAllY NOT ASSIGNED TO ANY EXISTING SPECIES-GROUP ARE ASSIGNED TO THE SPECIES-GROUP: P. brevis YAO & LI, 2012, P. decorus YAO & LI, 2012, P. lexuancanhi YAO, PHAM & LI, 2012, P. tongi YAO & LI, 2012 AND P. wangi YAO & LI, 2012., Published as part of Zhu, Keli, Yao, Zhiyuan, Bai, Xiujuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2018, Five new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China and Thailand, pp. 235-253 in Zootaxa 4377 (2) on page 243, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1163911, {"references":["Yao, Z. & Li, S. (2012) New species of the spider genus Pholcus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China. Zootaxa, 3289, 1 - 271."]}

Pholcus umphang Yao & Li sp. nov. FIGS 3–5 Type material. Holotype: MAlE, HUAI LAO POO CAVE (15°57.680'N, 98°52.510'E, ElEVATION 534 M), UMPHANG SUBDISTRICT, UMPHANG DISTRICT, Tak, Thailand, 16 NOVEMBER 2016, H. ZHAO, Y. LI AND Z. CHEN lEG. Paratypes: 3 FEMAlES, SAME DATA AS HOlOTYPE. Etymology. THE SPECIFIC NAME REFERS TO THE TYPE lOCAlITY, AND IS A NOUN IN APPOSITION. Diagnosis. THIS SPECIES CAN BE EASIlY DISTINGUISHED FROM All KNOWN CONGENERS IN THE P. halabala SPECIES-GROUP BY THE PRESENCE OF A SMAll, SClEROTIZED, SERRATED RETROlATERO-VENTRAl APOPHYSIS SUBDISTAllY ON THE PROCURSUS (ARROW 1 IN FIG. 3B; FIG. 3D) AND BY THE PRESENCE OF TWO lARGE VENTRAl SClERITES ON THE VUlVA (ARROW 2 IN FIG. 5B). Description. Male (holotype): TOTAl lENGTH 4.36 (4.49 WITH ClYPEUS), CARAPACE 1.20 lONG, 1.28 WIDE, OPISTHOSOMA 3.16 lONG, 1.13 WIDE. LEG I MISSING, lEG II: – (8.08 + 0.56 + 7.50 + 13.39 + –), lEG III: 19.02 (5.45 + 0.50 + 4.55 + 7.69 + 0.83), lEG IV: 26.18 (7.56 + 0.52 + 6.15 + 10.71 + 1.24). DISTANCE PME-PME 0.40; DIAMETER PME 0.11; DISTANCE PME-ALE 0.02; DISTANCE AME-AME 0.04; DIAMETER AME 0.06. STERNUM WIDER THAN lONG (0.84/0.63). HABITUS AS IN FIGS 4D–E. CARAPACE YEllOWISH, WITH BROWN V-PATTERN ON POSTERIOR HAlF; OCUlAR AREA YEllOWISH; ClYPEUS YEllOWISH, WITH BROWN MARKS POSTERIORlY; STERNUM YEllOWISH, WITH BROWN MARKS. LEGS YEllOWISH, BUT DARK BROWN ON PATEllAE, PROXIMAl PARTS OF TIBIAE, AND DISTAl PARTS OF FEMORA AND TIBIAE, WITHOUT DARKER RINGS. OPISTHOSOMA YEllOWISH, WITH SPOTS DORSAllY AND lATERAllY. OCUlAR AREA ElEVATED; EACH EYE TRIAD ON TOP OF A lATERAllY DIRECTED EYE-STAlK. THORACIC FURROW ABSENT. CHElICERAE AS IN FIG. 4C, WITH A PAIR OF PROXIMO-lATERAl APOPHYSES AND A PAIR OF DISTAl APOPHYSES PROVIDED WITH TWO TEETH EACH. PEDIPAlPS AS IN FIGS 3A–B; TROCHANTER WITH A lONG VENTRAl APOPHYSIS; FEMUR WITH A SMAll DORSAl APOPHYSIS PROXIMAllY (ARROW IN FIG. 3A), SUBPROXIMAllY WIDENED; PROCURSUS SIMPlE PROXIMAllY BUT COMPlEX DISTAllY, WITH A SMAll, SClEROTIZED, SERRATED RETROlATERO-VENTRAl APOPHYSIS SUBDISTAllY (ARROW 1 IN FIG. 3B; FIG. 3D); BUlB WITH A lARGE PROJECTION PROXIMAllY (ARROW 2 IN FIG. 3B); UNCUS WITH SCAlES; APPENDIX ABSENT; EMBOlUS PARTlY SClEROTIZED. LEGS WITH SHORT VERTICAl SETAE ON TIBIAE, METATARSI AND TARSI, WITHOUT SPINES AND CURVED SETAE. Female: SIMIlAR TO MAlE, HABITUS AS IN FIGS 5 D–E. TOTAl lENGTH 4.42 (4.55 WITH ClYPEUS), CARAPACE 1.23 lONG, 1.28 WIDE, OPISTHOSOMA 3.19 lONG, 1.38 WIDE; lEG I: 38.11 (9.36 + 0.55 + 9.17 + 17.63 + 1.40); TIBIA I L/D: 69. DISTANCE PME-PME 0.25; DIAMETER PME 0.13; DISTANCE PME-ALE 0.03; DISTANCE AME-AME 0.05; DIAMETER AME 0.05. STERNUM WIDER THAN lONG (0.89/0.78). OCUlAR AREA WITHOUT EYE-STAlKS. EPIGYNUM (FIGS 5A–B) WITH A KNOB (ARROW IN FIG. 5A). VUlVA (FIG. 5C) WITH A SClEROTIZED ANTERIOR ARCH PROVIDED WITH VENTRAl RIDGES (ARROW 1 IN FIG. 5B), TWO lARGE VENTRAl SClERITES (ARROW 2 IN FIG. 5B), AND TWO NEARlY EllIPTIC PORE PlATES. RETROlATERAl TRICHOBOTHRIUM OF TIBIA I AT 8% PROXIMAllY; TARSUS I WITH 33 DISTINCT PSEUDOSEGMENTS. Variation: TIBIA I IN THE OTHER TWO FEMAlE PARATYPES: 8.27, 8.85. Distribution. THAIlAND (TAK, TYPE lOCAlITY; FIG. 12). Natural history. THE SPECIES WAS FOUND IN THE ENTRANCE ZONE OF THE CAVE.

Pholcus bidentatus species-group Diagnosis. THIS SPECIES-GROUP (CORE-GROUP) CAN BE DISTINGUISHED FROM All KNOWN CONGENERS BY THE COMBINATION OF THE FOllOWING CHARACTERS: EIGHT EYES; OPISTHOSOMA CYlINDRICAl; MAlE DISTAl CHElICERAl APOPHYSES WITHOUT TEETH; MAlE PEDIPAlPAl TARSUS WITH A FINGER-SHAPED DORSAl ElONGATION; PROCURSUS WITH DORSAl SPINES AND A DISTINCTIVE RETROlATERAl MEMBRANOUS PROCESS; UNCUS WITH A lONG PROXIMAl APOPHYSIS; APPENDIX BRANCHED; EPIGYNUM HEAVIlY SClEROTIZED, WITH A ���KNOB��� (HUBER 2011B). Composition. THE SPECIES-GROUP NOW CONTAINS 35 SPECIES (CORE-GROUP: 14 SPECIES, TENTATIVE ASSIGNMENT- GROUP: 21 SPECIES) AND IS KNOWN FROM SOUTHERN CHINA AND MAINlAND SOUTHEAST ASIA. OF THESE, BASED ON THE MORPHOlOGICAl CHARACTERS AND OUR UNPUBlISHED MOlECUlAR DATA, NINE SPECIES ORIGINAllY NOT ASSIGNED TO ANY EXISTING SPECIES-GROUP ARE ASSIGNED TO THE CORE-GROUP: P. dieban YAO & LI, 2012, P. huapingensis YAO & LI, 2012, P. imbricatus YAO & LI, 2012, P. kui YAO & LI, 2012, P. obscurus YAO & LI, 2012, P. undatus YAO & LI, 2012, P. yi YAO & LI, 2012, P. yuantu YAO & LI, 2012 AND P. zhaoi YAO, PHAM & LI, 2015; NINE SPECIES, INClUDING ONE NEW SPECIES BElOW, ARE ASSIGNED TENTATIVElY TO THE SPECIES-GROUP FOR THE lACK OF A BETTER SOlUTION: P. aduncus YAO & LI, 2012, P. arcuatilis YAO & LI, 2013, P. bailongensis YAO & LI, 2012, P. bantouensis YAO & LI, 2012, P. bifidus YAO, PHAM & LI, 2015, P. hochiminhi YAO, PHAM & LI, 2015, P. mao YAO & LI, 2012, P. sakaew YAO & LI sp. nov. AND P. sublaksao YAO & LI, 2013., Published as part of Zhu, Keli, Yao, Zhiyuan, Bai, Xiujuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2018, Five new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China and Thailand, pp. 235-253 in Zootaxa 4377 (2) on page 236, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1163911, {"references":["Yao, Z. & Li, S. (2012) New species of the spider genus Pholcus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China. Zootaxa, 3289, 1 - 271.","Yao, Z., Pham, D. S. & Li, S. (2015) Pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from northern Vietnam, with descriptions of nineteen new species. Zootaxa, 3909 (1), 1 - 82. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3909.1.1","Yao, Z. & Li, S. (2013) New and little known pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Laos. Zootaxa, 3709 (1), 1 - 51. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3709.1.1"]}

Pholcus sakaew Yao & Li sp. nov. FIGS 1–2 Type material. Holotype: MAlE, THAM PHET SAI KAEW CAVE (13°24.962'N, 102°19.589'E, ElEVATION 243 M), KlONG HAT SUBDISTRICT, Sakaew, Thailand, 9 NOVEMBER 2016, H. ZHAO, Y. LI AND Z. CHEN lEG. Paratype: 1 FEMAlE, SAME DATA AS HOlOTYPE. Etymology. THE SPECIFIC NAME REFERS TO THE TYPE lOCAlITY, AND IS A NOUN IN APPOSITION. Diagnosis. THIS SPECIES CAN BE EASIlY DISTINGUISHED FROM All KNOWN CONGENERS IN THE P. bidentatus SPECIES- GROUP BY THE PRESENCE OF A lONG, MEMBRANOUS PROlATERAl PROCESS DISTAllY (ARROW 1 IN FIG. 1C) AND A lONG, SClEROTIZED PROlATERAl APOPHYSIS DISTAllY (ARROW IN FIG. 1D) ON THE PROCURSUS AND BY THE lONG, MEDIAllY CURVED APPENDIX (FIG. 2C). Description. Male (holotype): TOTAl lENGTH 5.51 (5.64 WITH ClYPEUS), CARAPACE 0.94 lONG, 1.02 WIDE, OPISTHOSOMA 4.47 lONG, 1.44 WIDE. LEG I: – (11.92 + 0.73 + 12.50 + – + –), lEG II: 32.52 (9.29 + 0.69 + 8.44 + 12.50 + 1.60), lEG III: 24.88 (7.69 + 0.65 + 5.83 + 9.49 + 1.22), lEG IV: 30.79 (8.97 + 0.66 + 8.27 + 11.35 + 1.54); TIBIA I L/D: 71. DISTANCE PME-PME 0.81; DIAMETER PME 0.16; DISTANCE PME-ALE 0.06; DISTANCE AME-AME 0.05; DIAMETER AME 0.05. STERNUM WIDER THAN lONG (1.02/0.94). HABITUS AS IN FIGS 2E–F. CARAPACE GREY, WITH NARROW BROWN lINE MEDIAllY; OCUlAR AREA AND ClYPEUS GREY; STERNUM GERY, WITH BROWN MARKS. LEGS YEllOWISH, BUT WHITISH ON DISTAl PARTS OF FEMORA AND TIBIAE, WITHOUT DARKER RINGS. OPISTHOSOMA GREY, WITH BROWN MARKS POSTERIORlY. OCUlAR AREA ElEVATED; EACH EYE TRIAD ON TOP OF A lONG, lATERAllY DIRECTED EYE-STAlK. THORACIC FURROW ABSENT. CHElICERAE AS IN FIG. 2D, WITH A PAIR OF PROXIMO-lATERAl APOPHYSES, A PAIR OF DISTAl APOPHYSES, AND A PAIR OF FRONTAl APOPHYSES. PEDIPAlPS AS IN FIGS 1A–B; TROCHANTER WITH A lONG RETROlATERO-VENTRAl APOPHYSIS; FEMUR WITH A SMAll DORSAl APOPHYSIS PROXIMAllY (ARROW IN FIG. 1B) AND AN INDISTINCT VENTRAl PROTUBERANCE; PROCURSUS SIMPlE PROXIMAllY BUT COMPlEX DISTAllY, WITH A lONG, MEMBRANOUS PROlATERAl PROCESS DISTAllY (ARROW 1 IN FIG. 1C), A lONG, SClEROTIZED PROlATERAl APOPHYSIS DISTAllY (ARROW IN FIG. 1D), AND A PROlATERO-DORSAl SPINE (ARROW 2 IN FIG. 1C); UNCUS WITH A SCAlY EDGE; APPENDIX lONG AND CURVED; EMBOlUS WEAKlY SClEROTIZED, WITH SOME TRANSPARENT PROJECTIONS DISTAllY. RETROlATERAl TRICHOBOTHRIUM OF TIBIA I AT 4% PROXIMAllY; lEGS WITH SHORT VERTICAl SETAE ON TIBIAE, METATARSI AND TARSI, WITHOUT SPINES AND CURVED SETAE. Female: SIMIlAR TO MAlE, HABITUS AS IN FIGS 2 G–H. TOTAl lENGTH 5.90 (6.22 WITH ClYPEUS), CARAPACE 1.41 lONG, 1.66 WIDE, OPISTHOSOMA 4.49 lONG, 2.19 WIDE; lEG I MISSING. DISTANCE PME-PME 0.30; DIAMETER PME 0.18; DISTANCE PME-ALE 0.03; DISTANCE AME-AME 0.04; DIAMETER AME 0.05. STERNUM WIDER THAN lONG (1.06/0.94). CARAPACE YEllOWISH, WITH NARROW BROWN STRIPE AND lARGE lIGHT BROWN MARKS MEDIAllY. OPISTHOSOMA YEllOWISH, WITHOUT SPOTS. OCUlAR AREA WITHOUT EYE-STAlKS. EPIGYNUM (FIG. 2A) WITH A KNOB. VUlVA (FIG. 2B) WITH A SClEROTIZED ANTERIOR ARCH AND TWO NEARlY EllIPTIC PORE PlATES. Distribution. THAIlAND (SAKAEW, TYPE lOCAlITY; FIG. 12). Natural history. THE SPECIES WAS FOUND IN THE APHOTIC ZONE INSIDE THE CAVE.

Pholcus yongshun Yao & Li sp. nov. FIGS 8���9 Type material. Holotype: MAlE, TUDI TEMPlE (28��54.498���N, 109��10.332���E, ElEVATION 559 M), XIAOXI TOWN, YONGSHUN COUNTY, Hunan, China, 12 JANUARY 2016, Z. CHEN AND J. WANG lEG. Paratype: 1 FEMAlE, SAME DATA AS HOlOTYPE. Etymology. THE SPECIFIC NAME REFERS TO THE TYPE lOCAlITY, AND IS A NOUN IN APPOSITION. Diagnosis. THIS SPECIES RESEMBlES P. gonggarensis YAO & LI, 2016 (SEE DONG et al. 2016B: 19, FIGS 13���14, 27C���D) WITH SIMIlAR MAlE CHElICERAE (FIG. 9D), BUlBAl APOPHYSES (FIG. 9C) AND EPIGYNUM (FIG. 9A) BUT CAN BE DISTINGUISHED BY THE SHORT RETROlATERO-VENTRAl APOPHYSIS ON THE MAlE PEDIPAlPAl TROCHANTER (FIGS 8A���B), BY THE NARROW, MEMBRANOUS PROlATERAl PROCESS DISTAllY ON THE PROCURSUS (ARROW 2 IN FIG. 8C) AND BY THE NEARlY TRIANGUlAR PORE PlATES (FIG. 9B). Description. Male (holotype): TOTAl lENGTH 4.95 (5.19 WITH ClYPEUS), CARAPACE 1.38 lONG, 1.60 WIDE, OPISTHOSOMA 3.57 lONG, 1.74 WIDE. LEG I: 43.95 (10.32 + 0.67 + 10.16 + 20.38 + 2.42), lEG II: 27.54 (7.69 + 0.65 + 6.63 + 10.95 + 1.62), lEG III: 19.68 (5.77 + 0.6 + 4.58 + 7.53 + 1.20), lEG IV: 26.21 (7.60 + 0.61 + 6.18 + 10.32 + 1.50); TIBIA I L/D: 74. DISTANCE PME-PME 0.25; DIAMETER PME 0.15; DISTANCE PME-ALE 0.04; DISTANCE AME- AME 0.05; DIAMETER AME 0.10. STERNUM WIDER THAN lONG (1.06/0.97). HABITUS AS IN FIGS 9E���F. CARAPACE YEllOWISH, WITH BROWN RADIATING MARKS; OCUlAR AREA YEllOWISH, WITH BROWN MARKS MEDIAllY AND lATERAllY; ClYPEUS AND STERNUM BROWN. LEGS YEllOWISH, BUT DARK BROWN ON PATEllAE AND PROXIMAl PARTS OF TIBIAE, AND WHITISH ON PROXIMAl PARTS OF FEMORA AND DISTAl PARTS OF FEMORA AND TIBIAE, FEMORA (SUBDISTAllY) AND TIBIAE (SUBDISTAllY) WITH DARKER RINGS. OPISTHOSOMA YEllOWISH, WITH SPOTS DORSAllY AND lATERAllY. OCUlAR AREA ElEVATED, WITHOUT EYE-STAlKS. THORACIC FURROW ABSENT. CHElICERAE AS IN FIG. 9D, WITH A PAIR OF PROXIMO-lATERAl APOPHYSES, A PAIR OF DISTAl APOPHYSES, AND A PAIR OF FRONTAl APOPHYSES. PEDIPAlPS AS IN FIGS 8A���B; TROCHANTER WITH A SHORT RETROlATERO-VENTRAl APOPHYSIS; FEMUR WITH A SMAll DORSAl APOPHYSIS PROXIMAllY (ARROW IN FIG. 8B) AND A DISTINCT VENTRAl PROTUBERANCE; TIBIA WITH A PROJECTION VENTRAllY; PROCURSUS SIMPlE PROXIMAllY BUT COMPlEX DISTAllY, WITH THREE PROlATERO-DORSAl SPINES (ONE SPINE SEEN IN FIG. 8C); UNCUS WITH A SCAlY EDGE; APPENDIX HOOKED, WITH A BRANCH MEDIAllY; EMBOlUS WEAKlY SClEROTIZED, WITH SOME TRANSPARENT PROJECTIONS DISTAllY. RETROlATERAl TRICHOBOTHRIUM OF TIBIA I AT 6% PROXIMAllY; lEGS WITH SHORT VERTICAl SETAE ON TIBIAE, METATARSI AND TARSI, WITHOUT SPINES AND CURVED SETAE; TARSUS I WITH 31 DISTINCT PSEUDOSEGMENTS. Female: SIMIlAR TO MAlE, HABITUS AS IN FIGS 9G���H. TOTAl lENGTH 4.74 (4.93 WITH ClYPEUS), CARAPACE 1.25 lONG, 1.48 WIDE, OPISTHOSOMA 3.49 lONG, 1.60 WIDE; TIBIA I: 6.79; TIBIA I L/D: 54. DISTANCE PME-PME 0.20; DIAMETER PME 0.16; DISTANCE PME-ALE 0.05; DISTANCE AME-AME 0.06; DIAMETER AME 0.09. STERNUM WIDER THAN lONG (0.96/ 0.88). EPIGYNUM (FIG. 9A) WITH A KNOB. VUlVA (FIG. 9B) WITH A SClEROTIZED ANTERIOR ARCH AND TWO NEARlY TRIANGUlAR PORE PlATES. Variation: RIGHT PROCURSUS IN HOlOTYPE WITH TWO PROlATERO-DORSAl SPINES. Distribution. CHINA (HUNAN, TYPE lOCAlITY; FIG. 12). Natural history. THE SPECIES WAS FOUND ON THE ROCK WAllS., Published as part of Zhu, Keli, Yao, Zhiyuan, Bai, Xiujuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2018, Five new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China and Thailand, pp. 235-253 in Zootaxa 4377 (2) on pages 246-249, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1163911, {"references":["Dong, T., Zheng, G., Yao, Z. & Li, S. (2016 a) Fifteen new species of the spider genus Pholcus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa, 4136 (2), 201 - 246. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4136.2.1"]}

Pholcus ningan Yao & Li sp. nov. FIGS 6���7 Type material. Holotype: MAlE, JINGPO LAKE SCENIC SPOT (44��03.320'N, 128��56.611'E, ElEVATION 353 M), NINGAN COUNTY, MUDANJIANG, Heilongjiang, China, 12 JUlY 2016, Z. CHEN lEG. Paratypes: 2 MAlES AND 3 FEMAlES, SAME DATA AS HOlOTYPE. Etymology. THE SPECIFIC NAME REFERS TO THE TYPE lOCAlITY, AND IS A NOUN IN APPOSITION. Diagnosis. THIS SPECIES RESEMBlES P. chiakensis SEO, 2014 (SEE SEO 2014: 400, FIGS 1A���E, 2A���H) WITH SIMIlAR MAlE CHElICERAE (FIG. 7D) AND FEMAlE GENITAlIA (FIGS 7A���B) BUT CAN BE DISTINGUISHED BY THE ABSENCE OF RETROlATERAl BRANCHES ON THE MAlE PEDIPAlPAl TROCHANTER (FIG. 6B), BY THE ABSENCE OF POINTED APOPHYSES PROXIMAllY ON THE UNCUS (FIG. 7C) AND BY THE PRESENCE OF A POINTED, SClEROTIZED PROlATERAl APOPHYSIS SUBDISTAllY ON THE PROCURSUS (ARROW IN FIG. 6C). Description. Male (holotype): TOTAl lENGTH 5.77 (6.02 WITH ClYPEUS), CARAPACE 1.60 lONG, 2.05 WIDE, OPISTHOSOMA 4.04 lONG, 1.80 WIDE. LEG I: 44.60 (10.90 + 0.82 + 11.60 + 18.59 + 2.69), lEG II: 30.35 (8.28 + 0.71 + 7.88 + 11.86 + 1.62), lEG III: 21.39 (6.41 + 0.44 + 5.25 + 8.01 + 1.28), lEG IV: 29.17 (8.20 + 0.69 + 7.40 + 11.28 + 1.60); TIBIA I L/D: 56. DISTANCE PME-PME 0.27; DIAMETER PME 0.13; DISTANCE PME-ALE 0.08; DISTANCE AME- AME 0.05; DIAMETER AME 0.13. STERNUM WIDER THAN lONG (1.33/1.13). HABITUS AS IN FIGS 7E���F. CARAPACE YEllOWISH, WITH BROWN RADIATING MARKS AND BROWN BANDS MARGINAllY; OCUlAR AREA YEllOWISH, WITH BROWN MARKS MEDIAllY AND lATERAllY; ClYPEUS YEllOWISH, WITH BROWN MARKS MEDIAllY; STERNUM YEllOWISH, WITH BROWN MARKS. LEGS YEllOWISH, BUT DARK BROWN ON PATEllAE AND PROXIMAl PARTS OF METATARSI, AND WHITISH ON DISTAl PARTS OF FEMORA AND TIBIAE, FEMORA (SUBPROXIMAllY AND SUBDISTAllY) AND TIBIAE (SUBPROXIMAllY AND SUBDISTAllY) WITH DISTINCT DARKER RINGS. OPISTHOSOMA YEllOWISH, WITH SPOTS DORSAllY AND lATERAllY. OCUlAR AREA ElEVATED, WITHOUT EYE-STAlKS. THORACIC FURROW ABSENT. CHElICERAE AS IN FIG. 7D, WITH A PAIR OF PROXIMO-lATERAl APOPHYSES, A PAIR OF DISTAl APOPHYSES, AND A PAIR OF FRONTAl APOPHYSES. PEDIPAlPS AS IN FIGS 6A���B; TROCHANTER WITH A VENTRAl APOPHYSIS; FEMUR WITH A DISTINCT VENTRAl PROTUBERANCE; TIBIA WITH A PROJECTION PROlATERAllY; PROCURSUS SIMPlE PROXIMAllY BUT COMPlEX DISTAllY, WITH A POINTED, SClEROTIZED PROlATERAl APOPHYSIS SUBDISTAllY (ARROW IN FIG. 6C) AND A DORSAl SPINE (ARROW IN FIG. 6D); UNCUS WITH A SCAlY EDGE; ���PSEUDO-APPENDIX��� HOOKED (ARROW IN FIG. 7C); EMBOlUS WEAKlY SClEROTIZED, WITH SOME TRANSPARENT PROJECTIONS DISTAllY. RETROlATERAl TRICHOBOTHRIUM OF TIBIA I AT 6% PROXIMAllY; lEGS WITH SHORT VERTICAl SETAE ON TIBIAE, METATARSI AND TARSI, WITHOUT SPINES AND CURVED SETAE; TARSUS I WITH 36 DISTINCT PSEUDOSEGMENTS. Female: SIMIlAR TO MAlE, HABITUS AS IN FIGS 7G���H. TOTAl lENGTH 5.13 (5.38 WITH ClYPEUS), CARAPACE 1.47 lONG, 1.76 WIDE, OPISTHOSOMA 3.66 lONG, 1.90 WIDE; TIBIA I: 8.65; TIBIA I L/D: 52. DISTANCE PME-PME 0.21; DIAMETER PME 0.09; DISTANCE PME-ALE 0.08; DISTANCE AME-AME 0.05; DIAMETER AME 0.13. STERNUM WIDER THAN lONG (1.19/ 0.94). ClYPEUS BROWN. EPIGYNUM (FIG. 7A) WITH A KNOB. VUlVA (FIG. 7B) WITH A SClEROTIZED ANTERIOR ARCH AND TWO NEARlY EllIPTIC PORE PlATES. Variation: TIBIA I IN ONE MAlE PARATYPE (lEG I MISSING IN ANOTHER MAlE PARATYPE): 10.26. TIBIA I IN ONE FEMAlE PARATYPE (lEG I MISSING IN ANOTHER FEMAlE PARATYPE): 8.40. Distribution. CHINA (HEIlONGJIANG, TYPE lOCAlITY; FIG. 12). Natural history. THE SPECIES WAS FOUND ON THE ROCK WAllS., Published as part of Zhu, Keli, Yao, Zhiyuan, Bai, Xiujuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2018, Five new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China and Thailand, pp. 235-253 in Zootaxa 4377 (2) on pages 243-246, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1163911, {"references":["Seo, B. K. (2014) Four new species of the genus Pholcus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Korea. Korean Journal of Applied Entomology, 53 (4), 399 - 408. https: // doi. org / 10.5656 / KSAE. 2014.10.0.059"]}

Pholcus yichengicus species-group Diagnosis. THIS SPECIES-GROUP CAN BE DISTINGUISHED FROM All KNOWN CONGENERS BY THE COMBINATION OF THE FOllOWING CHARACTERS: EIGHT EYES; CARAPACE WITH RADIATING MARKS; OPISTHOSOMA CYlINDRICAl; MAlE CHElICERAE WITH PROXIMOlATERAl, DISTAl AND FRONTAl APOPHYSES; MAlE PEDIPAlPAl TROCHANTER APOPHYSES MEDIUM lONG, USUAllY WITH A SHORT RETROlATERAl BRANCH; MAlE PEDIPAlPAl TIBIA WITH A PROlATERO-VENTRAl PROJECTION; PROCURSUS WITH DORSAl SPINES; APPENDIX USUAllY BRANCHED; EPIGYNUM SClEROTIZED, WITH A ‘KNOB’ OF VARIABlE lENGTH (HUBER 2011B). Composition. THE SPECIES-GROUP NOW CONTAINS 35 SPECIES AND IS WIDElY DISTRIBUTED IN CENTRAl AND SOUTHERN CHINA, AND THAIlAND. OF THESE, P. yongshun YAO & LI sp. nov. AND P. yuxi YAO & LI sp. nov. ARE NEWlY DESCRIBED BElOW.

Pholcus halabala species-group Diagnosis. THIS SPECIES-GROUP (CORE-GROUP) CAN BE DISTINGUISHED FROM All KNOWN CONGENERS BY THE COMBINATION OF THE FOllOWING CHARACTERS: EIGHT EYES; ElONGATE OPISTHOSOMA POINTED DORSO-POSTERIORlY, WITH BlACK, WHITISH OR YEllOWISH SPOTS DORSAllY IN lIFE SPECIMENS; MAlE OCUlAR AREA WITH CONSPICUOUS MODIFIED SETAE; MAlE CHElICERAE WITH PROXIMO-lATERAl, DISTAl AND FRONTAl APOPHYSES, DISTAl APOPHYSES PROVIDED WITH TWO TEETH EACH; BUlB WITH UNCUS AND APPENDIX; PROCURSUS USUAllY WITH A DORSAl FlAP; EPIGYNUM WEAKlY SClEROTIZED, WITH A ���KNOB��� (HUBER et al. 2016A). Composition. THE SPECIES-GROUP NOW CONTAINS 21 SPECIES (CORE-GROUP: NINE SPECIES, TENTATIVE ASSIGNMENT- GROUP: 12 SPECIES) AND IS KNOWN FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA. OF THESE, THREE SPECIES ORIGINAllY ASSIGNED TO THIS SPECIES- GROUP ARE ASSIGNED TO THE CORE-GROUP: P. anaiensis YAO & LI, 2016, P. ballarini YAO & LI, 2016 AND P. zhuchuandiani YAO & LI, 2016; FIVE SPECIES, INClUDING ONE NEW SPECIES BElOW, ARE ASSIGNED TENTATIVElY TO THE SPECIES-GROUP FOR THE lACK OF A BETTER SOlUTION: P. cheni YAO & LI, 2017, P. gou YAO & LI, 2016, P. subwan YAO & LI, 2017, P. umphang YAO & LI sp. nov. AND P. wan YAO & LI, 2016., Published as part of Zhu, Keli, Yao, Zhiyuan, Bai, Xiujuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2018, Five new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China and Thailand, pp. 235-253 in Zootaxa 4377 (2) on page 239, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1163911, {"references":["Dong, T., Zheng, G., Yao, Z. & Li, S. (2016 a) Fifteen new species of the spider genus Pholcus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa, 4136 (2), 201 - 246. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4136.2.1","Dong, T., Zheng, G., Yao, Z. & Li, S. (2017) Ten new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa, 4306 (3), 339 - 369. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4306.3.3"]}