Pholcus oculosus Zhang & Zhang, 2000

Zhang, Feng & Zhu, Ming-Sheng, 2009, A review of the genus Pholcus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China, Zootaxa 2037 (1), pp. 1-114 : 59

Pholcus oculosus Zhang & Zhang, 2000

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Pholcus oculosus Zhang & Zhang 2000: 151 , f. 1A–F.

Diagnosis. Among its close Pholcus relatives (see the remark of P. henanensis ), this species is very similar to P. linzhou in the shape of the palpal bulb and epigynum, but can be distinguished from it by the shape of the tip of the procursus ( Figs. 30D–E ) and by the shape of the uncus ( Fig. 30D ).

Redescription. Male (holotype), total length 5.5: cephalothorax 1.7 long, 1.8 wide; abdomen 3.8 long, 1.8 wide. Leg I: 38.1 (9.9+0.8+9.6+15.3+2.5), tibia II: 7.1, tibia III: 4.6, tibia IV: 6.1; tibia I L/D: 60. Prosoma shape as in Fig. 30A . Carapace short, broad and almost circular, ochre, with pair of brown central marks broadly connecting to ocular area. Cephalic region raised, with brown stripe centrally, ocular area dark yellow. Clypeus 0.71, slightly ochre, with brown marks centrally. Distance AME–AME 0.04. Diameter AME 0.08, ALE 0.10, PME 0.13, PLE 0.13. Chelicerae as in Fig. 30C , with pair of black apophyses distally and pair of unsclerotized thumb-shaped apophyses proximolaterally. Labium and endites yellowish brown. Sternum ochre, with regular yellow marks on it. Femora, patellae and tibiae ochre, with dark rings, metatarsi and tarsi brown. Abdomen cylindrical, pale ochre, dorsum with numerous brown spots as in Fig. 30A . Venter pale brown, without marks. Palps as in Figs. 30D and 30E , bulb with a S-shaped uncus and short appendix.

Variation. Tibia I in two paratypes: 9.1, 9.3. Body length in two paratypes: 5.3, 5.4.

Distribution. Known from type locality only.

Material examined. CHINA: Hebei, Wu’an County, Liejiang Town , May 19, 1999, leg. F. Zhang, male holotype, 2♂ paratypes ( MHBU) .

Remark. This species was originally described from males only by Zhang & Zhang (2000), and according to the shape of palpal organ, it belongs to the Pholcus species group that includes P. henanensis , P. linzhou , P. mianshanensis sp. nov., P. paralinzhou sp. nov., P. taishan and P. yugong sp. nov., see remark P. henanensis ,

Figures

FIGURE 30. Pholcus oculosus Zhang & Zhang, 2000 (illustrations modified from Zhang & Zhang 2000). A. male body, dorsal view. B. trochanter of male left palp, retrolaterodorsal view. C. male left chelicera, frontal view. D. left palp, prolateral view. E. same, retrolateral view. Scale lines: 1.0mm (A), 0.5mm (B–E).