World Spider Catalog

Genus: Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 | Family: Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850

Pholcus alashan Wang & Yao, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066844

ZooBank: 62C4B065-012E-4123-A57F-78EC55990207

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Described:

Distribution: China

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University (SYNU), Shenyang, Liaoning, China m (Ar00534) - (Yan et al., 2026a)
Paratype: College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University (SYNU), Shenyang, Liaoning, China 3m 6f (Ar 535-543) - (Yan et al., 2026a)

Taxonomic References

Pholcus alashan Wang & Yao, in Yan et al., 2026a: 335, f. 2A-D, 3A-H (Dmf) Original description

References

Yan, M. C., Liu, Y. T., Wang, L. Y. & Yao, Z. Y. (2026a). Expanding the horizon: discovery of two new spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from Inner Mongolia, China, with a new western record for the group. ZooKeys 1275: 333-343. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1275.186998 ZooBank: 703D614E-A784-4C84-A1C5-A01E184565A2 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-04-03	New taxonomic reference entry	Yan et al., 2026a
2026-04-03	New species inserted	Yan et al., 2026a

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