Fourteen new generic and ten new specific synonymies in Pholcidae (Araneae), and transfer of Mystes Bristowe to Filistatidae
Author
Huber, Bernhard A.
Author
Colmenares, Pío A.
Author
Ramirez, Martin J.
text
Zootaxa
2014
3847
3
413
422
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.5
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Pholcus fragillimus
Strand, 1907
Pholcus fragillimus
Strand, 1907
: 126
–128 (♂♀).
Huber 2011a
: 415
–417, figs.
1924–26
,
1956–58
,
2017–21
(♂♀).
Pholcus okinawaensis
Irie, 2002
: 141
–143, figs. 1–7 (♂♀).
Irie 2009
: 108
, figs. (
2-2-13
) 21–23. Synonymized by
Huber (2011a)
.
Pholcus acerosus
Peng & Zhang, 2011
: 1
–3, figs. 1a–g (♂♀);
new synonymy.
Justification of synonymy.
Peng & Zhang’s (2011) drawings show most of the distinctive characters of
Pholcus fragillimus
(three pairs of frontal apophyses on male chelicerae; large scales on uncus; male palpal tarsus elongation; procursus shape; long hairs on high male ocular area; epigynum shape; see also figs.
2017–2021
in
Huber 2011a
). A re-examination (by BAH) of
1♂
1♀
paratypes
of
Pholcus acerosus
(from Hainan Island,
China
; deposited in MHBU) also revealed the presence of the distinctive semitransparent process on the appendix.
Note.
Strand’s (1907) description of
Pholcus fragillimus
is based on specimens from
Sri Lanka
, it is written in
German
, and it provides no illustrations.
Irie (2002)
was the first to provide illustrations, but he also failed to recognize the species and created a synonym (
Pholcus okinawaensis
). It was only in the same year of Peng & Zhang’s publication that the identity of
Pholcus fragillimus
became finally known (
Huber 2011a
). It is widely distributed in southern and eastern Asia (fig.
1979 in
Huber 2011a
).