Short-legged daddy-long-leg spiders in North America: the genera Pholcophora and Tolteca (Araneae, Pholcidae) Author Huber, Bernhard A. 33607F65-19BF-4DC9-94FD-4BB88CED455F Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, LIB, Bonn, Germany. Laboratory of Arachnology (LATLAX), Institute of Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Tlaxcala, San Miguel Contla, Santa Cruz Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México. Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Campus Amílcar Ferreira Sobral, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Floriano, Piauí, Brazil. b.huber@leibniz-lib.de Author Meng, Guanliang 7E8C41F8-77BB-468F-BE9A-D3F1DFCA1E4E Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, LIB, Bonn, Germany. Laboratory of Arachnology (LATLAX), Institute of Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Tlaxcala, San Miguel Contla, Santa Cruz Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, México. Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Campus Amílcar Ferreira Sobral, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Floriano, Piauí, Brazil. G.Meng@leibniz-lib.de Author Valdez-Mondragón, Alejandro F043A1C7-2B83-40C9-A74E-82C92F00725A lat_mactans@yahoo.com.mx Author Král, Jiří E836F3B5-D704-4EEC-966A-0C4F1FAD324B spider@natur.cuni.cz Author Ávila Herrera, Ivalú M. E3687584-7F64-450D-9492-BE0DD4864AD6 ivalu.a@gmail.com Author Carvalho, Leonardo S. 28AA7D67-3C9D-495E-8C17-33D35F1A0FAC carvalho@ufpi.edu.br text European Journal of Taxonomy 2023 2023-07-17 880 1 1 89 http://zoobank.org/3f806fd6-2eb3-456a-afd7-780a0fbeb2da journal article 55344 10.5852/ejt.2023.880.2173 339bce42-a7e7-418b-b9ac-4588e4219b15 2118-9773 8155472 3F806FD6-2EB3-456A-AFD7-780A0FBEB2DA Pholcophora “Mex354” Figs 3L , 30 , 33G–H This species is not formally described because no male is available. The morphology of the epigynum ( Fig. 30A–B ) reminds of geographically close congeners ( P. mazatlan sp. nov. ; P. papanoa sp. nov. ) but the main epigynal plate is not straight posteriorly but has a pair of lateral indentations, and the legs tend to be longer (tibia 1 in 10 females 1.12–1.40, mean 1.28). The female of P. mexcala is unknown, but P. mexcala seems to be a much bigger species (male tibia 1 length>4.0). The specimens were collected in a dry area, together with a second representative of Pholcophora ( P. tehuacan sp. nov. ), and five further species of Pholcidae ( Physocyclus modestus Gertsch, 1971 ; Physocyclus sp. ; Modisimus sp. ; Psilochorus spp. ). The spiders were usually found on the undersides of rocks, apparently in tiny webs; they did not run unless the web was damaged by turning the rock. Material examined MEXICO – Puebla • 5 ♀♀ , in pure ethanol; ~ 35 km SE of Tehuacan , N of Calapa bridge; 18.1652° N , 97.2605° W ; 1020 m a.s.l. ; 24 Oct. 2019 ; B.A. Huber and Valdez-Mondragón leg.; thorn scrub, under rocks; two prosomata used for molecular work; ZFMK Mex 354 • 8 ♀♀ ; same collection data as for preceding; LATLAX .