. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. , Rl-A'ISION AND CLAHIS l lC ANAI ^'SIS OV PI/OICUS AND üY lU) l AXA (ARANl'.Ai:, I'l ) Description. Body length , carapace width Ocular area compact, slightly elevated, AME present. Clypeus and sternum unmodified. Male che- licerae with distal apophyses provided with two modi- fied hairs each aiid two pairs of proximal apophyses. Male palpal coxa unmodified, trochanter with very long retrolatero-ventral apophysis (shorter in Ph. afgha- nus), femur with small retrolatero-dorsal apophysis and ventral pro
. Bonner zoologische Monographien. Zoology. , Rl-A'ISION AND CLAHIS l lC ANAI ^'SIS OV PI/OICUS AND üY lU) l AXA (ARANl'.Ai:, I'l ) Description. Body length , carapace width Ocular area compact, slightly elevated, AME present. Clypeus and sternum unmodified. Male che- licerae with distal apophyses provided with two modi- fied hairs each aiid two pairs of proximal apophyses. Male palpal coxa unmodified, trochanter with very long retrolatero-ventral apophysis (shorter in Ph. afgha- nus), femur with small retrolatero-dorsal apophysis and ventral protuberance, tarsus without dorsal elongation, tarsal organ capsulate, procursus with ventral 'knee', with 1-2 dorsal spines. Male bulb with uncus, weakly sclerotized embolus, appendix without branch. Legs long and thin, tibia 1 in males -8-11, tibia 1 L/d -60 (only Ph. sidorenkoi known), legs without spines and curved hairs, few vertical hairs, tibiae with three trichobothria each except tibia 1 (prolateral trichoboth- rium absent), retrolateral trichobothrium on tibia 1 at -5%. Abdomen cylindrical, without cuticular pattern, male gonopore and spinnerets not examined. Sexual dimorphism slight, female body size as in males, chelicerae unmodified. Epigynum with 'knob', internal genitalia with pair of pore-plates and distinc- tive anterior structures medially (except Ph. cophe- nius, imknown in Ph. sidorenkoi). Monophyly. The species included share the distinctive anterior structures medially in the female internal genitalia (char. 70; Fig. 1641) and a long trochanter apophysis (Figs. 1637, 1642; the latter may be ple- siomorphic). Relationships. The male cheliceral armature (char. 18), the sclerotized epigynum (char. 65), and the procursus with dorsal spines (char. 38) place this group in a polytomy together with other mostly Palaearctic Pholcus species groups (Fig. 26); the de- tailed relationships with other species groups and within the group remain obscure. Natural history. M
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