Europe vs. China: <i>Pholcus</i> (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Yanshan-Taihang Mountains confirms uneven distribution of spiders in Eurasia

Otacilia khezu sp. nov., a new troglobitic spider (Araneae, Phrurolithidae) from Guangxi, China

“…In past two years, totally 47 new species have been described. ( Liu et al 2022 , Lu et al 2022 , Zhao et al 2022 , Zhang et al 2023 , Luo and Li 2024 , Li and Lin 2024 , World Spider Catalog 2024 ).…”

Pholcid spiders of the Pholcus phungiformes species-group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Liaoning Province, China: an overview, with description of a new species

“… Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 is the most diverse genus of the family, comprising 375 described species ( World Spider Catalog 2022 ). These species belong to 21 species-groups, of which the phungiformes group is highly diverse and contains 94 species ( Huber 2011b ; Wang et al 2020 ; Yao et al 2021 ; Lu et al 2022 ). This species-group is mainly distributed in northeastern China and the Korean Peninsula.…”

Five new species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from South Korea

“…The P. phungiformes species group can be distinguished from other species groups by the following combination of characters: male chelicerae usually with frontal apophyses, male palpal tibia with prolatero-ventral modification, procursus usually with dorsal spines, the male genital bulb without appendix or with pseudo-appendix arising from uncus, and a sclerotized epigynum with knob ( Huber 2011 ; Yao et al 2021 ). Taxonomic research on this group has recently been active in China and South Korea and 110 species have been recorded in the region to date; 70 from China, 39 from South Korea ( P. extumidus Paik, 1978, is found in both South Korea and Japan), and one species from Russia ( Lee et al 2021a , b ; Yao et al 2021 ; Lu et al 2022 ; Jang et al 2023 ; Zhao et al 2023a , b ). Five new Pholcus spiders belonging to the P. phungiformes species group were collected during surveys on the spider fauna in mountainous, hilly, and coastal mixed forests during 2019–2022 (Fig.…”