Strand, 1907 : 126
Huber 2011a : 415
Irie, 2002 : 141
Irie 2009 : 108
Peng & Zhang, 2011 : 1
Pholcus fragillimus
Pholcus acerosus
Pholcus fragillimus
Pholcus okinawaensis
Pholcus fragillimus
Fourteen new generic and ten new specific synonymies in Pholcidae (Araneae), and transfer of Mystes Bristowe to Filistatidae
Huber, Bernhard A.
Colmenares, Pío A.
Ramirez, Martin J.
Zootaxa
2014
3847
3
413
422
4GL4X
Strand, 1907
Strand
1907
[151,555,1022,1048]
Arachnida
Pholcidae
Pholcus
Animalia
Araneae
7
420
Arthropoda
species
fragillimus
Pholcus fragillimus Strand, 1907: 126–128 (♂♀). Huber 2011a: 415–417, figs. 1924–26, 1956–58, 2017–21(♂♀). Pholcus okinawaensis Irie, 2002: 141–143, figs. 1–7 (♂♀). Irie 2009: 108, figs. ( 2-2-13) 21–23. Synonymized by Huber (2011a). Pholcus acerosus Peng & Zhang, 2011: 1–3, figs. 1a–g (♂♀); new synonymy. Justification of synonymy.Peng & Zhang’s (2011) drawings show most of the distinctive characters of Pholcus fragillimus(three pairs of frontal apophyses on male chelicerae; large scales on uncus; male palpal tarsus elongation; procursus shape; long hairs on high male ocular area; epigynum shape; see also figs. 2017–2021in Huber 2011a). A re-examination (by BAH) of 1♂1♀ paratypesof Pholcus acerosus(from Hainan Island, China; deposited in MHBU) also revealed the presence of the distinctive semitransparent process on the appendix. Note.Strand’s (1907) description of Pholcus fragillimusis based on specimens from Sri Lanka, it is written in German, and it provides no illustrations. Irie (2002)was the first to provide illustrations, but he also failed to recognize the species and created a synonym ( Pholcus okinawaensis). It was only in the same year of Peng & Zhang’s publication that the identity of Pholcus fragillimusbecame finally known ( Huber 2011a). It is widely distributed in southern and eastern Asia (fig. 1979 in Huber 2011a).