Four new spider species of the Pholcus phungiformes species group (Araneae, Pholcidae) from South Korea

Four new spider species of the genus Pholcus Walckenaer, 1805, Pholcus baegamsan sp. nov ., Pholcus hongcheon sp. nov ., Pholcus namhae sp. nov ., and Pholcus yeongcheon sp. nov . belonging to the P. phungiformes species group in the family Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850, are newly described from South Korea. The new species presented here were hand-collected from rocky areas, such as rock walls and beneath rocks, in mountainous mixed forests.