title: New and little known pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Laos.
abstract: Fourteen new species belonging to five pholcid genera are reported from Laos: Belisana champasakensis sp. nov. (male), B. crystallina sp. nov. (male and female), B. gigantea sp. nov. (male and female), B. khanensis sp. nov. (male and female), B. lancea sp. nov. (male), B. martensi sp. nov. (male), B. tadetuensis sp. nov. (male), B. xiangensis sp. nov. (male and female), Calapnita longa sp. nov. (male), Khorata circularis sp. nov. (male and female), K. dupla sp. nov. (male and female), Pholcus arcuatilis sp. nov. (female), P. sublaksao sp. nov. (male and female) and Spermophorafalcata sp. nov. (male and female). The genera Belisana and Spermophora are reported from Laos for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Zhiyuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Shuqiang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D007812:Laos; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development