Pholcus halabala Huber 2011

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
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