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Two new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Tajikistan, with the first description of female Pholcus sidorenkoi Dunin, 1994

Tingting DONG, Guo ZHENG, Abdulaziz DAVLATOV, Zhiyuan YAO & Shuqiang LI

en European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 (301) - Pages 1-14 (EJT-301)

Published on 20 March 2017

Two new species of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 are described from Tajikistan: Pholcus saidovi Yao & Li sp. nov. (♂♀) and P. shuguanensis Yao & Li sp. nov. (♂). The female of P. sidorenkoi Dunin, 1994 is reported for the first time. All belong to the P. nenjukovi species group.


Keywords:

Biodiversity, morphology, pholcid, Pholcinae, taxonomy.

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