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

Abstract

Five new spider species of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805, P. duryunsp. nov., P. hwaamsp. nov., P. mohangsp. nov., P. woraksp. nov., and P. yangpyeongsp. nov., belonging to the P. phungiformes group in the family Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850, are newly described from South Korea. These new species were collected from mixed forests in mountainous, hilly, and coastal terrains. This study provides the diagnoses, detailed descriptions, distribution maps, and taxonomic photographs of these new species.

A new species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Liaoning, China, with identification keys to four closely related species

“…at the border between northeastern China and North Korea, and the Taebaek Mountains (44 spp.) on the Korean Peninsula (Jang et al 2023). The only exception is P. phungiformes Oliger, 1983, which is known in the Maritime Territory, Sakhalin Island, and the Kurile Islands, Russia (Huber 2011).…”