One new Pseudopoda species group (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Yunnan Province, China, with description of three new species
Author
Liu, Jie
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-07-07
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2
271
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journal article
32172
10.11646/zootaxa.4318.2.3
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Pseudopoda peronata
sp. nov.
Figs 16A–B
,
17A–B
,
18A–B
,
19
Type
material.
Holotype
female:
CHINA
:
Yunnan Province
:
Chuxiong
City
,
Mt. Zixi
,
25.0039°N
,
101.4189°E
,
2461 m
,
15 May 2014
, Yang Zhong & Xiaowei Cao (
CBEE
).
Etymology
. The specific name is derived from the Latin adjective
peronatus
,
-a
,
-um
, meaning “wearing boots”, referring to the shape of lateral lobes (
Figs 16A
,
17A
); adjective.
Diagnosis.
This new species can be distinguished from other species in
P. daliensis
group by the curved anterior margins of lateral lobes and the boot-shaped lateral lobes (
Figs 16A–B
,
17A–B
).
Description. Female (
holotype
)
: Measurements: Mediaum sized Heteropodinae. Body length 10.5. DS length 4.3, width 4.0, OS length 6.2, width 4.2. Eyes: AME 0.15, ALE 0.21, PME 0.16, PLE 0.18, AME–AME 0.24, AME–ALE 0.12, PME–PME 0.33, PME–PLE 0.39, AME–PME 0.36, ALE–PLE 0.29,
CH
AME 0.29,
CH
ALE 0.26. Spination: Pp 131, -, -; Fe I–II 323, III -, IV -; Pa I-, II 0 0 0, III–IV -; Ti I -,
II 2228
, III–IV -; Mt I–IV -. Measurement of palps and legs (legs III–IV, Pa I, Ti I, Mt I and II, terminal of palps missing): Pp - (1.5,-, -,–,-); I - (4.5, -, -, -, -); II - (4.8, 1.4, 4.2, -, -). Promargin of chelicerae with three teeth, retromargin with four teeth, cheliceral furrow with ca. 20 denticles.
FIGURES 16A–C.
Pseudopoda peronata
sp. nov.
A Epigyne, ventral; B Vulva, dorsal; C Schematic course of internal duct system in right part, dorsal. Abbreviations: AML—anterior margin of lobe; CO—copulatory opening; FD—fertilization duct; FW—first winding; LL—lateral lobes; S—spermathecae. Scale bars: 0.5 mm. Arrow indicates the curved anterior margin of lobe.
FIGURES 17A–B.
Pseudopoda peronata
sp. nov.
A Epigyne, ventral; B Vulva, dorsal. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
Epigynal field wider than long. The anterior margins of lateral lobes broad “V”-shaped, posterior part of lateral lobes with distinct lateral projections. FW covering most of internal duct except the middle part, spermathecae spoon-shaped (
Figs 16A–B
,
17A–B
).
Colouration in ethanol: DS yellow with dark spots and small patches of dark hairs. Fovea and radial furrows distinctly marked. OS dorsally creamy white with reddish-brown patches, laterally spotted, ventrally creamy white with sparser, but larger marks (
Figs 18A–B
).
Distribution.
China
(
Yunnan
) (
Fig. 19
).