A taxonomic revision of the spider genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 (Araneae: Sparassidae) from East, South and Southeast Asia
Author
Zhang, He
0000-0002-1478-9837
Hubei Key Laboratory of Regional Development and Environmental Response, Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, China
Author
Zhu, Yang
Hubei Key Laboratory of Regional Development and Environmental Response, Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, China
Author
Zhong, Yang
Hubei Key Laboratory of Regional Development and Environmental Response, Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, China
Author
Jäger, Peter
0000-0003-1563-0147
Arachnology, Senckenberg Research Institute, Mertonstrasse 17 - 21, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany;
Author
Liu, Jie
0000-0001-7744-9744
Hubei Key Laboratory of Regional Development and Environmental Response, Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, China
Ễsparassidae@aliyun.com
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Megataxa
2023
2023-02-17
9
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.9.1.1
journal article
10.11646/megataxa.9.1.1
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Pseudopoda mojiangensis
Zhang, Jäger & Liu
,
spec. nov.
Figs 169–170
,
Map 4
Type material.
CHINA
,
Yunnan Province
:
Holotype
female from Puer City, Mojiang Hani Autonomous County,
23.43°N
,
101.69°E
,
1419 m
,
1
May
2015
,
D. Wang
& X. Jiang leg. (
CBEE
,
LJ
2115).
Paratype
:
1 female
, with same data as for holotype (
CBEE
,
LJ2116
)
.
Etymology.
The specific name is derived from the
type
locality, the Mojiang Hani Autonomous County; adjective.
Diagnosis.
The female of
P. mojiangensis
Zhang, Jäger & Liu
,
spec. nov.
is similar to that of
P. signata
by: 1) Having anterior margins of LL V-shaped and anteriorly bend inwards, at least posterior part to AB situated between anterior margins of LL; 2) LL with bands of muscle sigilla in their lateral parts; 3) IDS with characteristic sclerotised parts elongated and distinctly seen in ventral view, but can be distiunguished by: 1) Sclerotised parts of IDS more or less transversally oriented in one line; 2) FW slightly converging posteriorly (IDS arranged in an angle, FW diverging posteriorly in
P. signata
).
FEMALE (LJ2115):
Measurements:
Medium sized. Body length 11.2–11.6, DS length 4.7, width 4.2, OS length 6.5, width 4.9.
Eyes:
AME 0.18, ALE 0.28, PME 0.22, PLE 0.25,AME–AME 0.22,AME–ALE 0.14, PME– PME 0.24, PME–PLE 0.38, AME–PME 0.34, ALE–PLE 0.28,
CH
AME 0.41,
CH
ALE 0.36.
Spination:
Pp 131, 101, 2121, 1014; Fe I–II 323, III–IV 322; Pa I–III 101, IV 100; Ti
I–II 2228
,
III–IV 2126
; Mt
I–II 2024
, III 3025, IV 3036.
Measurements of palps and legs:
Pp 5.0 (1.5, 0.6, 1.0, –, 1.9); I 13.1 (3.7, 1.7, 3.4, 3.0, 1.3); II 16.3 (4.3, 2.1, 4.6, 3.5, 1.8); III 11.7 (3.3, 1.6, 3.0, 2.7, 1.1); IV 13.8 (4.1, 1.4, 3.2, 3.4, 1.7). Leg formula: II-IV-I-III. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 26 denticles.
FIGURE 171.
Pseudopoda namkhan
Jäger, Pathoumthong & Vedel, 2006
, male: A–C Left male palp (A. prolateral; B. ventral; C. retrolateral). Scale bars: A–C: 0.5 mm.
Epigyne
(
Figs 169A–C
): As in diagnosis. EF wider than long, AB indistinct. Posterior part of LL almost straight. FW well developed, almost covering the entire sclerotised IDS. FD long, laterad in ventral view.
Colouration
(
Figs 170A–B
): DS reddish brown with dark spots and lines. Fovea and striae distinctly marked. OS dark yellowish brown, dorsally with a transverse reddish-brown line at posterior part, ventrally with several reddish-brown marks, irregular arranged.
MALE: Unknown.
Distribution.
China
(
Yunnan Province
).