Pholcus phungiformes 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 USUAllY WITH FRONTAl APOPHYSES; MAlE PEDIPAlPAl TIBIA WITH A PROlATERO-VENTRAl PROJECTION; PROCURSUS USUAllY WITH DORSAl SPINES; APPENDIX ABSENT, SOMETIMES WITH A ‘PSEUDO-APPENDIX’; EPIGYNUM HEAVIlY SClEROTIZED, WITH A ‘KNOB’ (HUBER 2011B).

Composition. THE SPECIES-GROUP NOW CONTAINS 50 SPECIES AND IS lARGElY RESTRICTED TO NORTHEASTERN CHINA AND THE KOREAN PENINSUlA. OF THESE, ONE SPECIES IS NEWlY DESCRIBED: P. ningan YAO & LI sp. nov., FIVE SPECIES ORIGINAllY NOT ASSIGNED TO ANY EXISTING SPECIES-GROUP ARE ASSIGNED TO THE SPECIES-GROUP: P. brevis YAO & LI, 2012, P. decorus YAO & LI, 2012, P. lexuancanhi YAO, PHAM & LI, 2012, P. tongi YAO & LI, 2012 AND P. wangi YAO & LI, 2012.