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

Chang Moon Jang; Yang Seop Bae; Sue Yeon Lee; Jung Sun Yoo; Seung Tae Kim

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1178.104780

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

Zookeys. 2023 Sep 4:1178:97-114. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1178.104780. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Chang Moon Jang¹, Yang Seop Bae¹, Sue Yeon Lee², Jung Sun Yoo³, Seung Tae Kim²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon 22012, Republic of Korea Incheon National University Incheon Republic of Korea.
² Life and Environment Research Institute, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea Konkuk University Seoul Republic of Korea.
³ Species Diversity Research Division, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon 22689, Republic of Korea National Institute of Biological Resources Incheon Republic of 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.

Keywords: Biodiversity; description; mixed forest; morphology; spider; taxonomy.

Chang Moon Jang, Yang Seop Bae, Sue Yeon Lee, Jung Sun Yoo, Seung Tae Kim.

Grants and funding

This study was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea (NIBR202203105 and NIBR202304103).