Pholcus bidentatus

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, Zootaxa 4377 (2), pp. 235-253 : 236

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 OF THESE, BASED ON THE MORPHOlOGICAl CHARACTERS AND OUR UNPUBlISHED MOlECUlAR DATA, NINE SPECIES ORIGINAllY NOT ASSIGNED TO ANY EXISTING SPECIES-GROUP ARE ASSIGNED TO THE CORE-GROUP: P. dieban YAO & LI, 2012, P. huapingensis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.