Pholcus yichengicus species-group

Diagnosis. THIS SPECIES-GROUP CAN BE DISTINGUISHED FROM All KNOWN CONGENERS BY THE COMBINATION OF THE FOllOWING CHARACTERS: EIGHT EYES; CARAPACE WITH RADIATING MARKS; OPISTHOSOMA CYlINDRICAl; MAlE CHElICERAE WITH PROXIMOlATERAl, DISTAl AND FRONTAl APOPHYSES; MAlE PEDIPAlPAl TROCHANTER APOPHYSES MEDIUM lONG, USUAllY WITH A SHORT RETROlATERAl BRANCH; MAlE PEDIPAlPAl TIBIA WITH A PROlATERO-VENTRAl PROJECTION; PROCURSUS WITH DORSAl SPINES; APPENDIX USUAllY BRANCHED; EPIGYNUM SClEROTIZED, WITH A ‘KNOB’ OF VARIABlE lENGTH (HUBER 2011B).

Composition. THE SPECIES-GROUP NOW CONTAINS 35 SPECIES AND IS WIDElY DISTRIBUTED IN CENTRAl AND SOUTHERN CHINA, AND THAIlAND. OF THESE, P. yongshun YAO & LI sp. nov. AND P. yuxi YAO & LI sp. nov. ARE NEWlY DESCRIBED BElOW.