Notes on two closely related spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Beijing, China

The Pholcus phungiformes species group is highly diverse and currently contains 53 species. In this study, Pholcus tongyaoi Wang & Yao, sp. nov. (male, female) from Huairou District, Beijing, China is described while similar congener Pholcus lexuancanhi Yao, Pham & Li, 2012 f...

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Main Authors: Xiang Wang, Shumaila Shaheen, Qiaoqiao He, Zhiyuan Yao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-09-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/56199/download/pdf/
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author Xiang Wang
Shumaila Shaheen
Qiaoqiao He
Zhiyuan Yao
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description The Pholcus phungiformes species group is highly diverse and currently contains 53 species. In this study, Pholcus tongyaoi Wang & Yao, sp. nov. (male, female) from Huairou District, Beijing, China is described while similar congener Pholcus lexuancanhi Yao, Pham & Li, 2012 from neighboring Haidian District (type locality) is redescribed; the female of P. lexuancanhi is described for the first time. In addition, the DNA barcode COI for the two species was obtained to estimate p-distance.
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spelling doaj.art-e1ff43a57e84493494cb12391bef48f72022-12-21T21:14:48ZengPensoft PublishersZooKeys1313-29702020-09-0196511610.3897/zookeys.965.5619956199Notes on two closely related spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Beijing, ChinaXiang Wang0Shumaila Shaheen1Qiaoqiao He2Zhiyuan Yao3Shenyang Normal UniversityShenyang Normal UniversityShenyang Normal UniversityShenyang Normal UniversityThe Pholcus phungiformes species group is highly diverse and currently contains 53 species. In this study, Pholcus tongyaoi Wang & Yao, sp. nov. (male, female) from Huairou District, Beijing, China is described while similar congener Pholcus lexuancanhi Yao, Pham & Li, 2012 from neighboring Haidian District (type locality) is redescribed; the female of P. lexuancanhi is described for the first time. In addition, the DNA barcode COI for the two species was obtained to estimate p-distance.https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/56199/download/pdf/
spellingShingle Xiang Wang
Shumaila Shaheen
Qiaoqiao He
Zhiyuan Yao
Notes on two closely related spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Beijing, China
ZooKeys
title Notes on two closely related spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Beijing, China
title_full Notes on two closely related spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Beijing, China
title_fullStr Notes on two closely related spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Beijing, China
title_full_unstemmed Notes on two closely related spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Beijing, China
title_short Notes on two closely related spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Beijing, China
title_sort notes on two closely related spider species of the pholcus phungiformes species group araneae pholcidae from beijing china
url https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/56199/download/pdf/
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