Taxonomic study on Sinopoda Jaeger, 1999 (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae), with three new species from Korea Author Chae, Junho https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8776-4198 Department of Biological Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea Author Lee, Jun-Gi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9560-1324 Department of Biological Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea Author Kim, Sam-Kyu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2864-3572 Department of Biological Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea samkyuk@gmail.com text ZooKeys 2022 2022-07-25 1114 77 104 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1114.85493 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1114.85493 1313-2970-1114-77 E836A386CB5E470A99097226E65C8723 4DC584FDA0C25BB78A8704C0161B38EF Genus Sinopoda Jaeger , 1999 Type species. Sarotes forcipatus Karsch, 1881 Diagnosis. This genus is taxonomically close to the genus Heteropoda but has the following combinations of characteristics distinct from Heteropoda and other sparassid genera: 1) male palp with bifurcated RTA, 2) conductor membranous and arising from distal anterior part of tegulum, 3) embolus typically with embolic apophysis, 4) epigyne with pair of modified rims, and 5) female vulva uncoiled, typically fused along the median line, divided into basal part and head (= glandular appendage), situated laterally from the entrance of internal duct into the spermathecae ( Jaeger 1999 ; Liu et al. 2008 ; Zhang et al. 2015 ; Grall and Jaeger 2020 ). Ecological notes. The genus Sinopoda is nocturnal and wanders various types of fields such as slope, leaf litter, cave, the forest floor, and on trees with bark ( Jaeger 1999 ; Liu et al. 2008 ; Zhang et al. 2015 ; Zhong et al. 2019 ). The female of this genus commonly attaches her egg sac on a flat, wide surface by wrapping it with silks. During the winter season, the Sinopoda species hibernates as juveniles or adults. It is generally known that these huntsman spiders are very difficult to collect since very low numbers exist in their habitats and hand-collecting is the only method for collecting them in the fields ( Zhong et al. 2019 ; Zhang et al. 2021 ).