title: Fifteen new species of the spider genus Pholcus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia.
abstract: Fifteen new species from six species groups of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 are described from Southeast Asia: Pholcus hinsonensis sp. nov. (male & female, Thailand) and P. tharnlodensis sp. nov. (male & female, Thailand) from the P. bidentatus species group; P. kottawagamaensis sp. nov. (male & female, Sri Lanka) from the P. ethagala species group; P. cenranaensis sp. nov. (male & female, Indonesia) and P. krachensis sp. nov. (male, Thailand) from the P. gracillimus species group; P. anaiensis sp. nov. (male, Indonesia), P. ballarini sp. nov. (male & female, Thailand), P. gou sp. nov. (male & female, Myanmar), P. wan sp. nov. (male & female, Thailand) and P. zhuchuandiani sp. nov. (male & female, Indonesia) from the P. halabala species group; P. chiangmaiensis sp. nov. (male & female, Thailand) and P. taptaoensis sp. nov. (male & female, Thailand) from the P. quinquenotatus species group; P. kaebyaiensis sp. nov. (male & female, Thailand), P. musensis sp. nov. (male & female, Thailand) and P. songkhonensis sp. nov. (male & female, Thailand) from the P. yichengicus species group.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Tingting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110034, China; Email: zhengguo@synu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Guo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Zhiyuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Email: lisq@ioz.ac.cn.
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; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D049628:Body Size; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development