Pholcophora, Banks, 1896
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.880.2173 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3F806FD6-2EB3-456A-AFD7-780A0FBEB2DA |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8160854 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F087F1-AC51-FFF1-099E-603DE2BFF955 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Pholcophora |
status |
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Pholcophora View in CoL View at ENA “Mex354”
Figs 3L View Fig , 30 View Fig , 33G–H View Fig
This species is not formally described because no male is available. The morphology of the epigynum ( Fig. 30A–B View Fig ) 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 GoogleMaps • 8 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; LATLAX GoogleMaps .
ZFMK |
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig |
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