Pholcus taibaiensis Wang & Zhu, 1992

Pholcus taibaiensis Wang and Zhu (1992: 20), figs 1-6. Song, Zhu and Chen (1999: 63), fig. 25I-K. Zhang and Zhu (2009: 90), fig. 52A-I. Huber (2011b: 451), figs 2097-2099, 2124, 2125, 2178-2183, 2185 and 2199. Yao and Li (2012: 34), figs 169A-D, 170A-C.

Material examined.

3♂ (SYNU-Ar00130F-Ar00132F) 3♀ (SYNU-Ar00133F-Ar00135F), China, Shaanxi, Baoji, Mei County, Yingtou Town, near Haopingsi Temple (type locality) (34°5.32'N, 107°42.33'E, 1101 m elev.), 30 July 2022, Z. Yao, L. Yang & L. Zhang leg.

Diagnosis.

The species resembles P. ovatus Yao & Li, 2012 (Yao and Li 2012: 28, figs 134A-D, 135A-E, 136A-D, 137A-D) with similar male chelicerae and epigyne (fig. 170A in Yao and Li (2012)), but it can be distinguished by sclerotised prolatero-subdistal apophysis of procursus not widened prolatero-proximally (fig. 169C in Yao and Li (2012); strongly widened in P. ovatus, figs 134C, 137A in Yao and Li (2012)), by raised prolatero-subdistal membranous edge of procursus laterally angular (fig. 169D in Yao and Li (2012); laterally strongly curved in P. ovatus, figs 134D, 137B in Yao and Li (2012)), by appendix median branch length/appendix length ratio: 0.2 (fig. 169A in Yao and Li (2012); 0.5 in P. ovatus, figs 134A, 136A in Yao and Li (2012)) and by vulval anterior arch not protruding postero-medially (fig. 170B in Yao and Li (2012); strongly protruding in P. ovatus, figs 135B, 137D in Yao and Li (2012)).

Natural history.

The species was found on the underside of an overhang on rocky cliffs.

Distribution.

China (Shaanxi, Fig. 1).