One new species of the genus Sinopoda from Hubei Province, with description of the male of Sinopoda angulata (Araneae, Sparassidae) Author Zhu, Yang The State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering of China, Centre for Behavioural Ecology and Evolution, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, China Author Zhong, Yang Hubei Key Laboratory of Radiation Chemistry and Functional Materials, School of Nuclear Technology and Chemistry & Biology, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, Hubei, China https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0517-4582 hubeispider@aliyun.com Author Yang, Tingbang Institute of Ecology, Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resources Conservation (Ministry of Education), China West Normal University, Nanchong 637009, China tingbang_yang@aliyun.com text Biodiversity Data Journal 2020 8 55377 55377 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e55377 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e55377 1314-2828-8-e55377 4CFF874A968A429CB887740DD3DB63EA 8583494E329F5A98A334A2596E3D4F40 Sinopoda yichangensis sp. n. Materials Type status: Holotype . Occurrence: recordedBy: Jian Chen ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: 1 male ; lifeStage: adult ; preparations: in ethyl alcohol; Taxon: order: Araneae; family: Sparassdiae; genus: Sinopoda; Location: country: China ; countryCode: CHN; stateProvince: Hubei Province; county: Wufeng; decimalLatitude: 30.37 ; decimalLongitude: 110.54 ; Identification: identifiedBy: Jian Chen ; Event: samplingProtocol: by hand ; year: 2019; month: 8; day: 22 Description Male (Fig. 6 ). PL 6.5, PW 5.8, AW 2.7, OL 7.6, OW 4.0. Eyes: AME 0.29, ALE 0.45, PME 0.33, PLE 0.42, AME-AME 0.24, AME-ALE 0.10, PME-PME 0.51, PME-PLE 0.60, AME-PME 0.50, ALE-PLE 0.52, CH AME 0.15, CH ALE 0.20. Spination: Palp: 131, 101, 2121; Fe: I-III 323, IV 321; Pa: I-IV 000; Ti: I-III 2026, IV 2326; Mt: I-II 1014, III-IV 3036. Measurements of palp and legs: Palp 13.1 (3.7, 2.4, 2.8, -, 4.2), I 35.2 (8.8, 3.2, 9.5, 10.5, 3.2), II 37.5 (9.6, 2.9, 10.5, 11.3, 3.2), III 28.5 (8.1, 2.8, 7.4, 7.7, 2.5), IV 31.0 (8.5, 2.4, 8.1, 9.1, 2.9). Leg formula: II-I-IV-III. Cheliceral furrow with three anterior and four posterior teeth, with 31 denticles. Dorsal prosoma yellowish-brown, with distinct fovea and radial furrows. Chelicerae deep reddish-brown. Sternum reddish to yellowish-brown, with margin brown. Gnathocoxae and labium yellowish-brown, with distal parts lighter. Legs deep yellowish-brown, covered by short spines. Dorsal opisthosoma yellowish-purple, lateral field of opisthosoma with three pairs of black patches. Ventral opisthosoma deep yellowish-brown with irregular patches. Palp as in diagnosis (Figs 4 , 5 ). Cymbium about two times longer than tibia in ventral view. Conductor arising from tegulum in 1- o'clock-position . Tegulum median part slightly wider than proximal part. Spermophore slightly curved in ventral view. RTA arising subdistally from tibia, dRTA dorsally digitiform in ventral view and about two times as long as vRTA in retrolateral view. Female . Unknown. Diagnosis Males of this new species can be distinguished from all other Sinopoda species except S. angulata and S. pyramidalis ( Zhong et al. 2019 : Figs 50A-C and 51A-D) in having a thin embolus, as long as embolic apophysis, and embolic apohysis distinctly wider than embolus. It can be distinguished from the other two congeners by the following combination of characters: 1) tip of embolus apohysis with blunt ends (pointed ends in S. angulata and S. pyramidalis ); 2) embolus arising from tegulum at 7- to 8- o'clock position in ventral view (6- o'clock position in S. angulata ; 8:30- to 9- o'clock position in S. pyramidalis ); 3) dRTA is straight with blunt ends in ventral view (slightly curved, with pointed ends in S. angulata ; broad, bulging in S. pyramidalis ) (Figs 1 , 4 ). Etymology The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective. Distribution Known only from the type locality (Fig. 7 ).