taxonID	type	description	language	source
94F9EFD7E76256FE8283AC53C30FA4A6.taxon	description	Figs 2, 3, 6 A	en	Yan, Meichen, Zhao, Yingwen, Li, Jinglin, Wang, Luyu, Yao, Zhiyuan (2025): Pholcid spiders of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from eastern Sichuan, China, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1264: 37-50, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1264.175373
94F9EFD7E76256FE8283AC53C30FA4A6.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality; it is used as a noun in apposition.	en	Yan, Meichen, Zhao, Yingwen, Li, Jinglin, Wang, Luyu, Yao, Zhiyuan (2025): Pholcid spiders of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from eastern Sichuan, China, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1264: 37-50, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1264.175373
94F9EFD7E76256FE8283AC53C30FA4A6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new species resembles P. zichyi Kulczyński, 1901 (under “ P. crypticolens ” in Zhang and Zhu 2009: 23, fig. 8; Huber 2011: 358, figs 1725, 1726) by having similar male chelicerae (Fig. 3 B) and epigyne (Fig. 3 C), but can be distinguished by procursus (pr) with weakly sclerotized pointed distal apophysis (da in Fig. 2 C vs absent) and dorso-median part of procursus (pr) strongly protruding (arrow in Fig. 2 A, B vs very slightly protruding), by proximal part of appendix 1 / 2 wider than distal part (a in Fig. 3 A vs 1 / 4), by vulval anterior arch medially strongly curved (aa in Fig. 3 D vs very slightly curved), and by carapace without marginal brown bands (Fig. 3 E, G vs present).	en	Yan, Meichen, Zhao, Yingwen, Li, Jinglin, Wang, Luyu, Yao, Zhiyuan (2025): Pholcid spiders of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from eastern Sichuan, China, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1264: 37-50, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1264.175373
94F9EFD7E76256FE8283AC53C30FA4A6.taxon	description	Description. Male (holotype) measurements: total length 3.77 (3.86 with clypeus), carapace 1.18 long, 1.29 wide, opisthosoma 2.59 long, 1.28 wide. Leg I: 27.64 (7.02, 0.52, 7.31, 10.83, 1.96), leg II: 18.12 (5.00, 0.52, 4.75, 6.75, 1.10), leg III: 12.80 (3.80, 0.45, 3.06, 4.68, 0.81), leg IV: 16.83 (5.16, 0.42, 4.29, 5.96, 1.00); tibia I L / d: 60. Eye interdistances and diameters: PME – PME 0.20, PME 0.12, PME – ALE 0.04, AME – AME 0.03, AME 0.06. Sternum width / length: 0.88 / 0.78. Colour: carapace yellowish, with median brown marks; ocular area yellowish; clypeus and sternum yellowish, with brown marks (Fig. 3 E, F). Legs yellowish, but brown on patellae and whitish on distal parts of femora and tibiae, without darker rings on femora and tibiae. Opisthosoma yellowish, without spots. Body: as in Fig. 3 E, F; ocular area elevated, without eye-stalks. Chelicerae: as in Fig. 3 B, with pair of proximo-lateral apophyses (pa), pair of distal apophyses (da) with two teeth each, and pair of frontal apophyses (fa). Palp: as in Fig. 2 A, B; trochanter with long (3 × longer than wide) ventral apophysis (va); femur with retrolatero-proximal apophysis (rpa) and distinct ventral protrusion (vp). Procursus (pr) simple proximally, but complex distally, with raised prolatero-subdistal edge bearing subdistal lamella (sl) and weakly sclerotized pointed distal apophysis (da), pointed prolatero-subdistal apophysis (psa), and two strong dorsal spines (ds). Bulb: uncus (u) with proximal apophysis (pra, visible in Fig. 6 A) and scales; appendix (a) nearly T-shaped; embolus (e) weakly sclerotized, with transparent distal projections (Fig. 6 A). Legs: retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia I situated at 3 % proximally; legs with short vertical setae on tibiae, metatarsi, and tarsi; tarsus I with 38 distinct pseudosegments. Female (paratype, SYNU - Ar 00510): similar to male, habitus as in Fig. 3 G, H. Total length 4.48 (4.63 with clypeus), carapace 1.32 long, 1.40 wide, opisthosoma 3.16 long, 1.99 wide; tibia I: 6.15; tibia I L / d: 44. Eye interdistances and diameters: PME – PME 0.17, PME 0.13, PME – ALE 0.04, AME – AME 0.05, AME 0.06. Sternum width / length: 0.95 / 0.88. Epigyne (Fig. 3 C) nearly triangular, with knob (kn). Vulva (Fig. 3 D) with sclerotized, medially strongly curved anterior arch (aa) and pair of nearly round pore plates (pp).	en	Yan, Meichen, Zhao, Yingwen, Li, Jinglin, Wang, Luyu, Yao, Zhiyuan (2025): Pholcid spiders of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from eastern Sichuan, China, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1264: 37-50, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1264.175373
94F9EFD7E76256FE8283AC53C30FA4A6.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 1).	en	Yan, Meichen, Zhao, Yingwen, Li, Jinglin, Wang, Luyu, Yao, Zhiyuan (2025): Pholcid spiders of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from eastern Sichuan, China, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1264: 37-50, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1264.175373
E8BBBBE713B05889B9B02B911B27DD45.taxon	description	Figs 4, 5, 6 B	en	Yan, Meichen, Zhao, Yingwen, Li, Jinglin, Wang, Luyu, Yao, Zhiyuan (2025): Pholcid spiders of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from eastern Sichuan, China, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1264: 37-50, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1264.175373
E8BBBBE713B05889B9B02B911B27DD45.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality; it is used as a noun in apposition.	en	Yan, Meichen, Zhao, Yingwen, Li, Jinglin, Wang, Luyu, Yao, Zhiyuan (2025): Pholcid spiders of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from eastern Sichuan, China, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1264: 37-50, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1264.175373
E8BBBBE713B05889B9B02B911B27DD45.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new species resembles P. qingchengensis Gao, Gao & Zhu, 2002 (only ♂; Zhang and Zhu 2009: 72, fig. 40; Yao and Li 2012: 30, fig. 146) by having similar appendix (a in Fig. 5 A) and sclerotized dorso-subdistal apophysis (dsa in Fig. 4 C) on procursus (pr), but can be distinguished by procursus (pr) without sclerotized retrolatero-distal apophysis (Fig. 4 B vs present) and distal membranous process (dp) of procursus without pointed branch (Fig. 4 C vs present), by uncus (u) latero-medially strongly contracted (arrow in Fig. 5 A vs slightly contracted), and by male chelicerae with one pair of frontal apophyses (fa in Fig. 5 B vs two pairs).	en	Yan, Meichen, Zhao, Yingwen, Li, Jinglin, Wang, Luyu, Yao, Zhiyuan (2025): Pholcid spiders of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from eastern Sichuan, China, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1264: 37-50, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1264.175373
E8BBBBE713B05889B9B02B911B27DD45.taxon	description	Description. Male (holotype) measurements: total length 6.82 (6.98 with clypeus), carapace 1.97 long, 2.30 wide, opisthosoma 4.85 long, 1.91 wide. Leg I: 62.60 (15.58, 0.91, 15.83, 26.92, 3.36), leg II: 39.06 (10.71, 0.90, 9.97, 15.51, 1.97), leg III: 26.02 (7.66, 0.83, 6.41, 9.90, 1.22), leg IV: 34.91 (10.38, 0.86, 8.64, 13.30, 1.73); tibia I L / d: 83. Eye interdistances and diameters: PME – PME 0.31, PME 0.20, PME – ALE 0.06, AME – AME 0.09, AME 0.13. Sternum width / length: 1.52 / 1.32. Colour: carapace yellowish, with brown radiating marks and marginal brown bands; ocular area yellowish; clypeus and sternum yellowish, with brown marks (Fig. 5 E, F). Legs yellowish, but dark brown on patellae and whitish on distal parts of femora and tibiae, with darker rings on subproximal, submedian, and subdistal parts of femora and proximal, subproximal, submedian, and subdistal parts of tibiae. Opisthosoma yellowish, with dorsal and lateral spots (Fig. 5 E, F). Body: as in Fig. 5 E, F; ocular area elevated, each eye triad on top of laterally directed eye-stalks. Chelicerae: as in Fig. 5 B, with pair of proximo-lateral apophyses (pa), pair of distal apophyses (da) with two teeth each, and pair of frontal apophyses (fa). Palp: as in Fig. 4 A, B; trochanter with short (2 × longer than wide), retrolatero-proximally strongly bulged ventral apophysis (va); femur with retrolatero-proximal apophysis (rpa) and distinct ventral protrusion (vp); tibia with prolatero-ventral protrusion (pvp). Procursus (pr) simple proximally, but complex distally, with raised prolatero-subdistal edge bearing distal membranous process (dp) and sclerotized dorso-subdistal apophysis (dsa), retrolatero-distal membranous process (rdp), and two strong and one slender dorsal spines (ds). Bulb: uncus (u) latero-medially contracted, with proximal apophysis (pra, visible in Fig. 6 B) and distally scaly edge; appendix (a) curved, with distal scales and angular median branch (mb); embolus (e) weakly sclerotized, with transparent distal projections (Figs 5 A, 6 B). Legs: retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia I situated at 3 % proximally; legs with short vertical setae on tibiae, metatarsi, and tarsi; tarsus I with 39 distinct pseudosegments. Female (paratype, SYNU - Ar 00520): similar to male, habitus as in Fig. 5 G, H. Total length 5.70 (6.00 with clypeus), carapace 1.50 long, 1.83 wide, opisthosoma 4.20 long, 2.03 wide; tibia I: 10.83; tibia I L / d: 68. Eye interdistances and diameters: PME – PME 0.21, PME 0.17, PME – ALE 0.07, AME – AME 0.08, AME 0.10. Sternum width / length: 1.19 / 0.85. Ocular area with lateral brown bands. Epigyne (Fig. 5 C) nearly triangular, strongly sclerotized, with knob (kn). Vulva (Fig. 5 D) with laterally strongly curved anterior arch (aa) and pair of elliptic pore plates (pp).	en	Yan, Meichen, Zhao, Yingwen, Li, Jinglin, Wang, Luyu, Yao, Zhiyuan (2025): Pholcid spiders of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from eastern Sichuan, China, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1264: 37-50, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1264.175373
E8BBBBE713B05889B9B02B911B27DD45.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Fig. 1).	en	Yan, Meichen, Zhao, Yingwen, Li, Jinglin, Wang, Luyu, Yao, Zhiyuan (2025): Pholcid spiders of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from eastern Sichuan, China, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1264: 37-50, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1264.175373
F24FA2814069516A955E5597A74CCF13.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Aranea phalangioides Fuesslin, 1775.	en	Yan, Meichen, Zhao, Yingwen, Li, Jinglin, Wang, Luyu, Yao, Zhiyuan (2025): Pholcid spiders of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805 (Araneae, Pholcidae) from eastern Sichuan, China, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1264: 37-50, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1264.175373
