Notes on two closely related spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Beijing, China Author Wang, Xiang College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China Author Shaheen, Shumaila College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China Author He, Qiaoqiao College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China Author Yao, Zhiyuan College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China & Liaoning Key Laboratory of Evolution and Biodiversity, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China & Liaoning Key Laboratory for Biological Evolution and Agricultural Ecology, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning, China https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1631-0949 yaozy@synu.edu.cn text ZooKeys 2020 965 1 16 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.965.56199 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.965.56199 1313-2970-965-1 E2C55987CB0C463C9178FAD50CB5CE15 E94E422442E15EA89B6FE6AADD382978 Pholcus phungiformes species group Diagnosis and description. See Huber (2011b) . Remarks. The 'appendix' in the original figures of four species apparently arises from the uncus: P. papilionis Peng & Zhang, 2011, P. chiakensis Seo, 2014, P. gajiensis Seo, 2014, and P. palgongensis Seo, 2014. We consider this a divided 'pseudo-appendix' and assign them to the P. phungiformes species group. Moreover, although the species P. xianrendong Liu & Tong, 2015 does not possess a prolatero-ventral projection on the male pedipalpal tibia, the bulb without appendix, the locality of this species is within the range of the P. phungiformes species group. Therefore, we tentatively assigned P. xianrendong to this species group. In total, this species group now contains 59 species. Of these, one species is newly described below.