Rocky Area Inhabiting Daddy Long-Legs Spiders, IPholcus/I Walckenaer, 1805 in Mountainous Mixed Forests from South Korea

Two new spider species of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805, Pholcus deokjeoksp. nov. and Pholcus gangneungsp. nov. in the family Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850 are newly described from South Korea. The present new species belong to the phungiformes group in the genus. They are found on rock walls in m...

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Published in:Forests 2023-03, Vol.14 (3)
Main Authors: Jang, Chang-Moon, Yoo, Jung-Sun, Kim, Seung-Tae, Bae, Yang-Seop
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Environmental aspects
Forests and forestry
Mountains
South Korea
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Summary:Two new spider species of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805, Pholcus deokjeoksp. nov. and Pholcus gangneungsp. nov. in the family Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850 are newly described from South Korea. The present new species belong to the phungiformes group in the genus. They are found on rock walls in mountainous mixed forests. This work provides diagnoses, detailed descriptions, and taxonomic photographs for these new species. The unusual shaped and strongly sclerotized embolus of P. gangneungsp. nov. in the Pholcus phungiformes group is the first to be reported.
ISSN:1999-4907
1999-4907
DOI:10.3390/f14030538