title: Thirteen new species of the spider genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae: Pholcidae) from China.
abstract: Thirteen new species from four species groups of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 are described from China: Pholcus yanjinensis sp. nov. (male & female, Yunnan) from the P. bidentatus species group; P. jingyangensis sp. nov. (male & female, Shaanxi), P. langensis sp. nov. (male & female, Henan) and P. longus sp. nov. (male & female, Beijing) from the P. crypticolens species group; P. huoxiaerensis sp. nov. (male, Xinjiang) from the P. ponticus species group; P. difengensis sp. nov. (male, Chongqing), P. gonggarensis sp. nov. (male & female, Tibet), P. hamaensis sp. nov. (male & female, Guizhou), P. lingguanensis sp. nov. (male & female, Henan), P. qingyunensis sp. nov. (male & female, Jiangxi), P. tangyuensis sp. nov. (male & female, Shaanxi), P. tianmuensis sp. nov. (male & female, Zhejiang) and P. zhongdongensis sp. nov. (male & female, Guangxi) 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; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*