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
1
1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.9.1.1
journal article
10.11646/megataxa.9.1.1
2703-3090
7658066
Pseudopoda yangtaiensis
Zhang, Jäger & Liu
,
spec. nov.
Figs 268–269
,
Map 6
Type material.
CHINA
,
Guangdong Province
:
Holotype
male from
Shenzhen City
,
Longhua District
,
Yangtai Mountain
,
22.65°N
,
113.97°E
,
301 m
,
30 January 2021
,
Q. Lu
leg. (
CBEE
,
LJ20210628001
)
.
Paratype
:
1 male
, with same data as for holotype (
CBEE
,
LJ20210628002
)
.
Etymology
. The specific name is derived from the
type
locality, Yangtai Mountain; adjective.
Diagnosis.
The male of
P. yangtaiensis
Zhang, Jäger & Liu
,
spec. nov.
is similar to those of
P
.
bicruris
and
P. papilionacea
spec. nov.
in having a bifurcate E with thin embolic tip and a prolateral protrusion at the base of E, but can be distinguished by distal part of E flat, long and filiform, its tip proximad (distal part of E columnarshaped in
P
.
bicruris
, distal part of E with a triangular projection in
P. papilionacea
spec. nov.
).
MALE (LJ20210628001):
Measurements:
Medium sized. Body length 10.9–11.3, DS length 4.9, width 4.7, OS length 6.0, width 3.5.
Eyes:
AME 0.17, ALE 0.27, PME 0.21, PLE 0.24, AME–AME 0.14, AME–ALE 0.10, PME–PME 0.18, PME–PLE 0.32, AME–PME 0.27, ALE–PLE 0.22,
CH
AME 0.36,
CH
ALE 0.31.
Spination:
Pp 131, 101, 2101; Fe I–III 323, IV 322; Pa I–IV 101; Ti
I–IV 2126
; Mt
I–II 2024
, III 3025, IV 3037.
Measurements of palps and legs:
Pp 8.1 (2.4, 1.2, 1.7, –, 2.8); I 28.5 (8.5, 2.2, 8.3, 7.4, 2.1); II 33.4 (9.4, 2.8, 9.7, 9.0, 2.5); III 24.6 (7.5, 1.9, 7.0, 6.5, 1.7); IV 29.4 (9.0, 2.5, 7.8, 8.6, 1.5). Leg formula: II-IV-I-III. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 33 denticles.
Palp
(
Figs 268A–C
): As in diagnosis. C arising from T at 12:30–1:00 o’clock position. E arising from T at 11:00 o’clock position, basally broad, bifurcate at apical part. Spermophor S-shaped, running almost centrally through T in ventral view. RTA arising medially from Ti. dRTA short, curved (best seen in ventral view) and with pointed tip; vRTA broad.
Colouration
(
Figs 269A–B
): DS yellow with dark setae. Fovea and striae distinctly marked. OS dorsally yellowish-brown, margins with brown patches, irregularly arranged. OS ventrally yellow with small dark triangular patch in front of spinnerets.
FEMALE: Unknown.
FIGURE 279.
Pseudopoda zhengi
Zhang, Jäger & Liu
,
spec. nov.
, holotype, female: A. Epigyne, ventral; B. Schematic course of IDS, dorsal; C. Vulva, dorsal. Scale bars: A–C: 0.5 mm.
Distribution.
China
(
Guangdong Province
).