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J. Zhang, H. Yu &amp; Y. Zhong
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<figureCitation id="2C9AFCF951C3E4521B8BC30B8B635B20" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Locality of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (A) and distribution records (B) of Pseudopoda species in Honghe Prefecture." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237662">Figs 1</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="AB09522DAEBE364300665E5F520C47E8" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Male palp of the holotype of Pseudopoda xiaozhua sp. nov. A. Ventral; B. Dorsal. Abbreviations: C = conductor; CB = cymbial bulge; Cy = cymbium; dRTA = dorsal branch of RTA; E = embolus; EB = embolic base; ET = embolic tip; Sp = spermophor; St = subtegulum; T = tegulum; TA = tegular apophysis; Ti = palpal tibia; vRTA = ventral part of RTA. Scale bar: 1 mm (equal for A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237677">16</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="930968799DDE410F1EE0B0223B4030B2" captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Male palp of the holotype of Pseudopoda xiaozhua sp. nov. A. Prolateral; B. Retrolateral. Abbreviations: C = conductor; CB = cymbial bulge; Cy = cymbium; dRTA = dorsal branch of RTA; E = embolus; EB = embolic base; ET = embolic tip; Sp = spermophor; St = subtegulum; T = tegulum; TA = tegular apophysis; Ti = palpal tibia; vRTA = ventral part of RTA. Scale bar: 1 mm (equal for A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237678">17</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="78A2878D6A09759F56D2D2223749A86A" captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Pseudopoda xiaozhua sp. nov., male holotype, palpal bulb (A C) and habitus (D, E). A. Prolateral; B. Ventral; C. Retrolateral; D. Dorsal; E. Ventral. Abbreviations: C = conductor; E = embolus; EB = embolic base; ET = embolic tip; Sp = spermophor; St = subtegulum; T = tegulum; TA = tegular apophysis. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (equal for A C); 2 mm (equal for D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237679">18</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="2BB9EF6FCA4D2D0650C7BDEBAF770D9A" captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Pseudopoda xiaozhua sp. nov., female paratype, epigyne (A C) and habitus (D, E). A. Intact; ventral; B. Cleared and macerated; ventral; C. Cleared and macerated; dorsal; D. Dorsal; E. Ventral. Abbreviations: AB = anterior band; aEF = anterior margin of epigynal field; amLL = anterior margin of lateral lobes; CO = copulatory opening; FD = fertilization duct; FW = first winding; LL = lateral lobe; MF = median field of epigyne; mmLL = median margin of lateral lobes; MS = membranous sac; PI = posterior incision; pmLL = posterior margin of lateral lobes; S = spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (equal for A C); 2 mm (equal for D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237680">19</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="B2E607B4F5C23356404E3FB8C1DDC5E5" captionStart="Figure 28" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figure 28. RTA of Pseudopoda spp. treated in this paper, retrolateral-dorsal A. P. huanglianensis; B. P. mamillaris; C. P. oliviformis; D. P. xiaozhua sp. nov.; E, F. P. yangae sp. nov., YNZY 001 (E) and YNZY 005 (F), showing the intraspecific variations exhibited by different males, related to different shapes of vRTA and dRTA; G. P. ying sp. nov. Abbreviations: dRTA = dorsal branch / part of RTA; vRTA = ventral branch / part of RTA. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A C, G, equal for E, F); 5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237689">28 D</figureCitation>
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leg.
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<heading id="C6FA2721D4B932304096ACF41255F13A" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
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The specific name is derived from the Chinese pinyin
<emphasis id="78EC7F42DED645E59B4EEF1053C6ECE0" italics="true">xiǎo zhuǎ</emphasis>
, which means small claw, referring to the embolic tip, which is shaped like an unguiculus; noun in apposition.
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<heading id="3F8BC8A9B7CC2145587A13CC79A3F492" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
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The males of new species can be easily distinguished from those of all other congeners by a combination of the following characters: (1) embolus (E) almost as long as tegulum (T), nearly column-shaped, distally with a small claw-shaped tip (
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), as in Figs
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<figureCitation id="1DCC1B994E76E6CAEB09F49CB928A81F" captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Male palp of the holotype of Pseudopoda xiaozhua sp. nov. A. Prolateral; B. Retrolateral. Abbreviations: C = conductor; CB = cymbial bulge; Cy = cymbium; dRTA = dorsal branch of RTA; E = embolus; EB = embolic base; ET = embolic tip; Sp = spermophor; St = subtegulum; T = tegulum; TA = tegular apophysis; Ti = palpal tibia; vRTA = ventral part of RTA. Scale bar: 1 mm (equal for A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237678">17 A, B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="891E8457A4B923EE3F3E11147E5472E0" captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Pseudopoda xiaozhua sp. nov., male holotype, palpal bulb (A C) and habitus (D, E). A. Prolateral; B. Ventral; C. Retrolateral; D. Dorsal; E. Ventral. Abbreviations: C = conductor; E = embolus; EB = embolic base; ET = embolic tip; Sp = spermophor; St = subtegulum; T = tegulum; TA = tegular apophysis. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (equal for A C); 2 mm (equal for D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237679">18 A C</figureCitation>
(vs. embolus (E) not as above); (2) tegulum (T) with a heavily sclerotised, strongly expanded tegular apophysis (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZQAK" xlink_title="tegular apophysis">TA</abbrev>
), as in Figs
<figureCitation id="F59458EFDBBD6FF478442AA5781681C3" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Male palp of the holotype of Pseudopoda xiaozhua sp. nov. A. Ventral; B. Dorsal. Abbreviations: C = conductor; CB = cymbial bulge; Cy = cymbium; dRTA = dorsal branch of RTA; E = embolus; EB = embolic base; ET = embolic tip; Sp = spermophor; St = subtegulum; T = tegulum; TA = tegular apophysis; Ti = palpal tibia; vRTA = ventral part of RTA. Scale bar: 1 mm (equal for A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237677">16 A</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="3BCD1F23B399AA060BEF343066B15965" captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Male palp of the holotype of Pseudopoda xiaozhua sp. nov. A. Prolateral; B. Retrolateral. Abbreviations: C = conductor; CB = cymbial bulge; Cy = cymbium; dRTA = dorsal branch of RTA; E = embolus; EB = embolic base; ET = embolic tip; Sp = spermophor; St = subtegulum; T = tegulum; TA = tegular apophysis; Ti = palpal tibia; vRTA = ventral part of RTA. Scale bar: 1 mm (equal for A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237678">17 A, B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="E9E8B03CDB01D6921AFA1EC06992D534" captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Pseudopoda xiaozhua sp. nov., male holotype, palpal bulb (A C) and habitus (D, E). A. Prolateral; B. Ventral; C. Retrolateral; D. Dorsal; E. Ventral. Abbreviations: C = conductor; E = embolus; EB = embolic base; ET = embolic tip; Sp = spermophor; St = subtegulum; T = tegulum; TA = tegular apophysis. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (equal for A C); 2 mm (equal for D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237679">18 A C</figureCitation>
(vs. tegular apophysis (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJRAK" xlink_title="tegular apophysis">TA</abbrev>
) absent). Female of
<taxonomicName id="4430E497C0B4450A9A8FFB390DB529E5" authorityName="J. Zhang, H. Yu &amp; Y. Zhong" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Sparassidae" genus="Pseudopoda" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xiaozhua" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="59F9BC480BD4D0B3891F334CA8ED227F" italics="true">P. xiaozhua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3174DA5F4FCCEF1870F3D87FE37A3E3D" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is very similar to that of
<taxonomicName id="60BAE389BCA7A25F88929A1B13DF936D" authority="Yang &amp; Zhang, 2022" authorityName="Yang &amp; Zhang" authorityYear="2022" class="Arachnida" family="Sparassidae" genus="Pseudopoda" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mingshengi">
<emphasis id="BD84F84AF5CE143B0F5DC43C6516BF84" italics="true">P. mingshengi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="CAE43C83CA00CAD3C7A413E0D16BB85E" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5188.4.3" author="Yang ZZ &amp; Wu YY &amp; Li ZM &amp; Zhang BS" issue="4" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="347-360" refId="B41" refString="Yang ZZ, Wu YY, Li ZM, Zhang BS (2022) Two new species of the genus Pseudopoda Jager, 2000 and first description of the male of Pseudopoda physematosa (Araneae, Sparassidae) from Yunnan Province, China. Zootaxa 5188 (4): 347 - 360. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5188.4. 3" title="Two new species of the genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 and first description of the male of Pseudopoda physematosa (Araneae, Sparassidae) from Yunnan Province, China." volume="5188" year="2022">Yang &amp; Zhang, 2022</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
in the general appearance of the median field (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDSAK" xlink_title="median field of epigyne">MF</abbrev>
) and vulva, but can be recognised by: (1) anterior margin of epigyne (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHSAK" xlink_title="anterior margin of epigynal field">aEF</abbrev>
) with two small v-shaped incisions that are well separated by at least 3 × widths (vs. two wide incisions closely spaced,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELSAK" xlink_title="anterior margin of epigynal field">aEF</abbrev>
nearly W-shaped) (cf. Fig.
<figureCitation id="1AEF11ECC4A03362FA50582C7576AAF0" captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Pseudopoda xiaozhua sp. nov., female paratype, epigyne (A C) and habitus (D, E). A. Intact; ventral; B. Cleared and macerated; ventral; C. Cleared and macerated; dorsal; D. Dorsal; E. Ventral. Abbreviations: AB = anterior band; aEF = anterior margin of epigynal field; amLL = anterior margin of lateral lobes; CO = copulatory opening; FD = fertilization duct; FW = first winding; LL = lateral lobe; MF = median field of epigyne; mmLL = median margin of lateral lobes; MS = membranous sac; PI = posterior incision; pmLL = posterior margin of lateral lobes; S = spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (equal for A C); 2 mm (equal for D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237680">19 A, B</figureCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="EC095F0C1FC29F29745564BF076A3A54" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5188.4.3" author="Yang" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Yang" issue="4" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="347-360" refId="B41" refString="Yang ZZ, Wu YY, Li ZM, Zhang BS (2022) Two new species of the genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 and first description of the male of Pseudopoda physematosa (Araneae, Sparassidae) from Yunnan Province, China. Zootaxa 5188 (4): 347360. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.4.3" title="Two new species of the genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 and first description of the male of Pseudopoda physematosa (Araneae, Sparassidae) from Yunnan Province, China." volume="5188" year="2022">Yang et al. 2022</bibRefCitation>
: figs 2 D, 3 D); (2) membranous sac (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXSAK" xlink_title="membranous sac">MS</abbrev>
) disc-shaped, located at posterior portion of vulva, anterior margin not beyond the contact point of lateral lobes (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2SAK" xlink_title="lateral lobe">LL</abbrev>
) (vs. membranous sac (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6SAK" xlink_title="membranous sac">MS</abbrev>
) triangular, located at central portion, posterior margin beyond the contact point) (cf. Fig.
<figureCitation id="9463EE7B31A304C4FA2CA717BC219F7B" captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Pseudopoda xiaozhua sp. nov., female paratype, epigyne (A C) and habitus (D, E). A. Intact; ventral; B. Cleared and macerated; ventral; C. Cleared and macerated; dorsal; D. Dorsal; E. Ventral. Abbreviations: AB = anterior band; aEF = anterior margin of epigynal field; amLL = anterior margin of lateral lobes; CO = copulatory opening; FD = fertilization duct; FW = first winding; LL = lateral lobe; MF = median field of epigyne; mmLL = median margin of lateral lobes; MS = membranous sac; PI = posterior incision; pmLL = posterior margin of lateral lobes; S = spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (equal for A C); 2 mm (equal for D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237680">19 C</figureCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="D5DBAC53E31F16A95E28305D13CD8DF0" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5188.4.3" author="Yang" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Yang" issue="4" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="347-360" refId="B41" refString="Yang ZZ, Wu YY, Li ZM, Zhang BS (2022) Two new species of the genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 and first description of the male of Pseudopoda physematosa (Araneae, Sparassidae) from Yunnan Province, China. Zootaxa 5188 (4): 347360. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5188.4.3" title="Two new species of the genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 and first description of the male of Pseudopoda physematosa (Araneae, Sparassidae) from Yunnan Province, China." volume="5188" year="2022">Yang et al. 2022</bibRefCitation>
: figs 2 E, 3 E).
</paragraph>
<caption id="F80663AD19591BB2860068CC08A53B11" ID-DOI="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure16" ID-arpha="40F9EA83-83F4-5AF8-A284-B3C84EBF61F6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237677" startId="F16">
<paragraph id="49F525D8B3EA8CAECDEAC559999D5876">
<label id="9406CB1D3296EEB1ED28C6570644E533">Figure 16.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="36A5BABB0BB7C1B0F96DF91ED9F2A424">
Male palp of the holotype of
<taxonomicName id="8A2733C139B648AC39DC941135AFC5F0" authorityName="J. Zhang, H. Yu &amp; Y. Zhong" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Sparassidae" genus="Pseudopoda" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xiaozhua" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="1EEF67480AAA53E9FA52D93A27C212AD" italics="true">Pseudopoda xiaozhua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B06B9327F89DBAD22B20043B3156F17B" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="A2D375957015D28E0FD496123B7A5926" bold="true">A.</emphasis>
Ventral;
<emphasis id="A8A83213F86668B525EAA6C3D4654A18" bold="true">B.</emphasis>
Dorsal. Abbreviations: C = conductor;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECUAK" xlink_title="cymbial bulge">CB</abbrev>
= cymbial bulge;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EGUAK" xlink_title="cymbium">Cy</abbrev>
= cymbium;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKUAK" xlink_title="dorsal branch/part of RTA">dRTA</abbrev>
= dorsal branch of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOUAK" xlink_title="retrolateral tibial apophysis">RTA</abbrev>
; E = embolus;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESUAK" xlink_title="embolic base">EB</abbrev>
= embolic base;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWUAK" xlink_title="embolic tip">ET</abbrev>
= embolic tip;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1UAK" xlink_title="spermophor">Sp</abbrev>
= spermophor;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5UAK" xlink_title="subtegulum">St</abbrev>
= subtegulum; T = tegulum;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECVAK" xlink_title="tegular apophysis">TA</abbrev>
= tegular apophysis;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EGVAK" xlink_title="tibia">Ti</abbrev>
= palpal tibia;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKVAK" xlink_title="ventral branch/part of RTA">vRTA</abbrev>
= ventral part of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOVAK" xlink_title="retrolateral tibial apophysis">RTA</abbrev>
. Scale bar: 1 mm (equal for
<emphasis id="BC714CCD3FF1C0051DA2C7968FBFECEC" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="6FBEDCBF43A8F267532EDEED47D8B832" ID-DOI="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure17" ID-arpha="FF291CCB-70C0-548E-BCB0-86A12BF4AA47" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237678" startId="F17">
<paragraph id="3DFDA110B94236CB66E1403DABB7068D">
<label id="AA6F28049C5D4B6CFF38BA78C4120459">Figure 17.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8CD51B97C3757BF24A2B658B4D668F11">
Male palp of the holotype of
<taxonomicName id="92E8F6B0ED19BE25FA236CCD9D87F3A5" authorityName="J. Zhang, H. Yu &amp; Y. Zhong" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Sparassidae" genus="Pseudopoda" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xiaozhua" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0E2573135A8DFBF80FA9502414D7D05F" italics="true">Pseudopoda xiaozhua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A0A81752B04B9D754646A8F9ACD40F6B" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="790EB3CC51E5574F967C19D621AEEC75" bold="true">A.</emphasis>
Prolateral;
<emphasis id="5E467C89B23958758C21C197CC1A6C9E" bold="true">B.</emphasis>
Retrolateral. Abbreviations: C = conductor;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQWAK" xlink_title="cymbial bulge">CB</abbrev>
= cymbial bulge;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EUWAK" xlink_title="cymbium">Cy</abbrev>
= cymbium;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYWAK" xlink_title="dorsal branch/part of RTA">dRTA</abbrev>
= dorsal branch of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3WAK" xlink_title="retrolateral tibial apophysis">RTA</abbrev>
; E = embolus;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EAXAK" xlink_title="embolic base">EB</abbrev>
= embolic base;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EEXAK" xlink_title="embolic tip">ET</abbrev>
= embolic tip;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EIXAK" xlink_title="spermophor">Sp</abbrev>
= spermophor;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EMXAK" xlink_title="subtegulum">St</abbrev>
= subtegulum; T = tegulum;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQXAK" xlink_title="tegular apophysis">TA</abbrev>
= tegular apophysis;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EUXAK" xlink_title="tibia">Ti</abbrev>
= palpal tibia;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYXAK" xlink_title="ventral branch/part of RTA">vRTA</abbrev>
= ventral part of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3XAK" xlink_title="retrolateral tibial apophysis">RTA</abbrev>
. Scale bar: 1 mm (equal for
<emphasis id="96A90268AD30AE148E182C88622F71D3" bold="true">A, B</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="B31A46CC8DBF128C1EAA6C89DD341356" ID-DOI="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure18" ID-arpha="E48F158C-1988-5484-B214-0F202AE2E213" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237679" startId="F18">
<paragraph id="BB1C05F541656D6BD7EF5EAB5844E277">
<label id="9B27DA1E7DD0C2D852B10D5643D62723">Figure 18.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DB9326B02FC5E432FA57B5786EF61828">
<taxonomicName id="EC73B6A8793B779FAF1AD468A723B042" authorityName="J. Zhang, H. Yu &amp; Y. Zhong" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Sparassidae" genus="Pseudopoda" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xiaozhua" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="15B799D2B1C706E30EA74F621B0BE482" italics="true">Pseudopoda xiaozhua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F9FDC06624866722DC6CBE90959AEE86" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, male holotype, palpal bulb (
<emphasis id="336A4C9515EB813264C34BFF6F21F0DA" bold="true">A C</emphasis>
) and habitus (
<emphasis id="641D0DFDA9CC8BB8D1214C0F86E78DF7" bold="true">D, E</emphasis>
).
<emphasis id="A4F17735B0AD1DE82F471C7A795E4250" bold="true">A.</emphasis>
Prolateral;
<emphasis id="1DAA09F02D90B5A6576723B2140358BE" bold="true">B.</emphasis>
Ventral;
<emphasis id="D34E4F06251FF660DB81B8136913CBEE" bold="true">C.</emphasis>
Retrolateral;
<emphasis id="33FA93B3B6DCF19952D73D3E2732B671" bold="true">D.</emphasis>
Dorsal;
<emphasis id="BC2C907B0853A0A44158EDD44343DD4D" bold="true">E.</emphasis>
Ventral. Abbreviations: C = conductor; E = embolus;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EIZAK" xlink_title="embolic base">EB</abbrev>
= embolic base;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EMZAK" xlink_title="embolic tip">ET</abbrev>
= embolic tip;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQZAK" xlink_title="spermophor">Sp</abbrev>
= spermophor;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EUZAK" xlink_title="subtegulum">St</abbrev>
= subtegulum; T = tegulum;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYZAK" xlink_title="tegular apophysis">TA</abbrev>
= tegular apophysis. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (equal for
<emphasis id="5594D5386853AE7D4DBBBC8F2679C2E8" bold="true">A C</emphasis>
); 2 mm (equal for
<emphasis id="B7142AA1668CB077F072F75F3B01495C" bold="true">D, E</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="56C03233F3FDDF79F56E92D0D86CF948" ID-DOI="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure19" ID-arpha="90096C71-1295-5E12-BAE0-E2A43A71C3E9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237680" startId="F19">
<paragraph id="E258AFEA1C072A447D29B593D9713397">
<label id="86D7690B7AB642953A4B233625E9A24B">Figure 19.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7A45D528A6992DA9EF88589CF453E38F">
<taxonomicName id="B53A45EFBAA1254433A6542F3E094772" authorityName="J. Zhang, H. Yu &amp; Y. Zhong" authorityYear="2025" class="Arachnida" family="Sparassidae" genus="Pseudopoda" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xiaozhua" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="3CDD7FE7CD02651DD8AD7A4D363942EF" italics="true">Pseudopoda xiaozhua</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B94F5F903491956EB09A9D50B3A289FA" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, female paratype, epigyne (
<emphasis id="72E6D4EF25BD7E0424E8C298F68C3938" bold="true">A C</emphasis>
) and habitus (
<emphasis id="EE53D23683C0ED9C1A22C94A95DC29FE" bold="true">D, E</emphasis>
).
<emphasis id="D2BAB7A6C714E486C5C840FF39EA5075" bold="true">A.</emphasis>
Intact; ventral;
<emphasis id="4FF934DFC4E93B5F408DAA70F908A4A6" bold="true">B.</emphasis>
Cleared and macerated; ventral;
<emphasis id="4510AE2EB920B6B63C1B7313B3496DB3" bold="true">C.</emphasis>
Cleared and macerated; dorsal;
<emphasis id="F9631D3C7E7ED3590AA301821D297CC8" bold="true">D.</emphasis>
Dorsal;
<emphasis id="223D1AB9EF3604273DAEED593C5437A4" bold="true">E.</emphasis>
Ventral. Abbreviations:
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EG2AK" xlink_title="anterior band">AB</abbrev>
= anterior band;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EK2AK" xlink_title="anterior margin of epigynal field">aEF</abbrev>
= anterior margin of epigynal field;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EO2AK" xlink_title="anterior margin of lateral lobes">amLL</abbrev>
= anterior margin of lateral lobes;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ES2AK" xlink_title="copulatory opening">CO</abbrev>
= copulatory opening;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EW2AK" xlink_title="fertilization duct">FD</abbrev>
= fertilization duct;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E12AK" xlink_title="first winding">FW</abbrev>
= first winding;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E52AK" xlink_title="lateral lobe">LL</abbrev>
= lateral lobe;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EC3AK" xlink_title="median field of epigyne">MF</abbrev>
= median field of epigyne;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EG3AK" xlink_title="median margin of lateral lobes">mmLL</abbrev>
= median margin of lateral lobes;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EK3AK" xlink_title="membranous sac">MS</abbrev>
= membranous sac;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EO3AK" xlink_title="posterior incision">PI</abbrev>
= posterior incision;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ES3AK" xlink_title="posterior margin of lateral lobes">pmLL</abbrev>
= posterior margin of lateral lobes; S = spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (equal for
<emphasis id="CCDF3FB01B27F1567979794DC1D92197" bold="true">A C</emphasis>
); 2 mm (equal for
<emphasis id="83E20EBEF8E00E27C79B44FFE8575337" bold="true">D, E</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E63AK" type="description">
<paragraph id="CEDE53F280E5A715B385B05A65EFBB70">
<heading id="863AEABCF654EEABC0CC2ED9520D8402" reason="title">Description.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3E7F26308D12445B2C5800CEF89C41D8">
<emphasis id="F19FABF34E0036702F84ECC5A9A8F09E" bold="true">
Male (
<collectionCode id="74B882D5C54581C153C56BE394ABC650">YNZY</collectionCode>
003).
</emphasis>
Total length 10.9. Carapace 5.5 long, 5.2 wide; anterior width 2.7. Opisthosoma 5.4 long, 3.6 wide.
<emphasis id="5203571855F1BA1A0347CCD10C38B1D8" bold="true" italics="true">Eye sizes and interdistances</emphasis>
:
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EK4AK" xlink_title="anterior median eye">AME</abbrev>
0.31,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EO4AK" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye">ALE</abbrev>
0.44,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ES4AK" xlink_title="posterior median eye">PME</abbrev>
0.36,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EW4AK" xlink_title="posterior lateral eye">PLE</abbrev>
0.42,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E14AK" xlink_title="distance between AMEs">AME AME</abbrev>
0.19,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E54AK" xlink_title="distance between AME and ALE">AME ALE</abbrev>
0.09,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EC5AK" xlink_title="distance between PMEs">PME PME</abbrev>
0.27,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EG5AK" xlink_title="distance between PME and PLE">PME PLE</abbrev>
0.41,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EK5AK" xlink_title="distance between AME and PME">AME PME</abbrev>
0.37,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EO5AK" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye">ALE</abbrev>
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ES5AK" xlink_title="posterior lateral eye">PLE</abbrev>
0.37,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EW5AK" xlink_title="clypeus height">
<collectingCountry id="FDCB1B46AD9885484A1975BB3DEE1277" name="Switzerland">CH</collectingCountry>
</abbrev>
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E15AK" xlink_title="anterior median eye">AME</abbrev>
0.58,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E55AK" xlink_title="clypeus height">
<collectingCountry id="BD45D7B4A668F6C863F8A226F3AE4375" name="Switzerland">CH</collectingCountry>
</abbrev>
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EC6AK" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye">ALE</abbrev>
0.45.
<emphasis id="0E1185141240682025DFE41B86E06A1A" bold="true" italics="true">Spination</emphasis>
: palp: 131, 101, 2101;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EO6AK" xlink_title="femur">Fe</abbrev>
: I III 323, IV 321;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ES6AK" xlink_title="patella">Pa</abbrev>
: I IV 101;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EW6AK" xlink_title="tibia">Ti</abbrev>
:
<date id="A0EB87147D22BCA85862242C14C909B6" value="2026-01" valueMax="2026-02-31" valueMin="2026-01-00">I II 2026</date>
,
<date id="453B3BEC47F5AEF9B33B0214C2CDE6FA" value="2126-03" valueMax="2126-04-31" valueMin="2126-03-00">III IV 2126</date>
;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E16AK" xlink_title="metatarsus">Mt</abbrev>
:
<date id="05B0A470701DE148C89C4C0B5DE4AAF1" value="1014-01" valueMax="1014-02-31" valueMin="1014-01-00">I II 1014</date>
,
<date id="C1BC3ACA66DE74F4C4EDB6AB32E0CC14" value="2024-03">III 2024</date>
, IV 3036.
<emphasis id="13A850848D3FD5B69686178D66CDAD1A" bold="true" italics="true">Measurements of palp and legs</emphasis>
: palp 8.4 (2.7, 1.3, 1.4, 3.0), I 27.7 (7.4, 3.5, 6.3, 7.8, 2.7), II 30.3 (8.1, 3.0, 8.2, 8.3, 2.7), III 23.0 (6.5, 2.4, 6.0, 6.2, 1.9), IV 26.6 (7.6, 2.4, 6.5, 7.9, 2.2). Cheliceral furrow with ~ 50 denticles.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="22CB355828007DECD9D89F11BF52C77C">
<emphasis id="0B8A9BB42D5F9DCF76C25E496A8CC743" bold="true">
<emphasis id="1E1BACC4D27BD7184BF9AA99B07994CD" bold="true" italics="true">Colouration in ethanol</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="F882F3B8D85C5BE31701BED6C3364A45" captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Pseudopoda xiaozhua sp. nov., male holotype, palpal bulb (A C) and habitus (D, E). A. Prolateral; B. Ventral; C. Retrolateral; D. Dorsal; E. Ventral. Abbreviations: C = conductor; E = embolus; EB = embolic base; ET = embolic tip; Sp = spermophor; St = subtegulum; T = tegulum; TA = tegular apophysis. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (equal for A C); 2 mm (equal for D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237679">18 D, E</figureCitation>
)
</emphasis>
.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EMABK" xlink_title="dorsal shield of prosoma">DS</abbrev>
yellowish brown, marked with numerous small spots along radial grooves, clothed with fine hairs; lateral bands and median band inconspicuous, not distinctly delimited; cervical groove not distinct, fovea and radial grooves distinct. Cheliceral base light brown, with red fang. Sternum yellowish-white, margin slightly darker. Endites and labium coloured as cheliceral base. Legs coloured as
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQABK" xlink_title="dorsal shield of prosoma">DS</abbrev>
, with numerous spots, and bearing short spines.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EUABK" xlink_title="Opisthosoma">OS</abbrev>
oval, dorsum laterally with bright patterns, centrally with Y-shaped median band, with a pair of circular dots on each side of the median band, posteriorly with large ) ( - shaped black pattern, transverse line indistinct; venter of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYABK" xlink_title="Opisthosoma">OS</abbrev>
medially with a pair of diagonal broken lines.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8EF8D4E1360D150A2AEAF480D3EE2963">
<emphasis id="94AE446D1DF570E36BD88040BB7BA774" bold="true">
<emphasis id="503C0128FA6DAD60C8D0E7AE8F78A67C" bold="true" italics="true">Palp</emphasis>
(Figs
<figureCitation id="18215833942D4FDEA50FD6EE40E08ECF" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Male palp of the holotype of Pseudopoda xiaozhua sp. nov. A. Ventral; B. Dorsal. Abbreviations: C = conductor; CB = cymbial bulge; Cy = cymbium; dRTA = dorsal branch of RTA; E = embolus; EB = embolic base; ET = embolic tip; Sp = spermophor; St = subtegulum; T = tegulum; TA = tegular apophysis; Ti = palpal tibia; vRTA = ventral part of RTA. Scale bar: 1 mm (equal for A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237677">16</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="59629B84E5DE1600B28EC2472DB4AA4B" captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Male palp of the holotype of Pseudopoda xiaozhua sp. nov. A. Prolateral; B. Retrolateral. Abbreviations: C = conductor; CB = cymbial bulge; Cy = cymbium; dRTA = dorsal branch of RTA; E = embolus; EB = embolic base; ET = embolic tip; Sp = spermophor; St = subtegulum; T = tegulum; TA = tegular apophysis; Ti = palpal tibia; vRTA = ventral part of RTA. Scale bar: 1 mm (equal for A, B)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237678">17</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="FA121170A86611961D1D2F0175A9575F" captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Pseudopoda xiaozhua sp. nov., male holotype, palpal bulb (A C) and habitus (D, E). A. Prolateral; B. Ventral; C. Retrolateral; D. Dorsal; E. Ventral. Abbreviations: C = conductor; E = embolus; EB = embolic base; ET = embolic tip; Sp = spermophor; St = subtegulum; T = tegulum; TA = tegular apophysis. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (equal for A C); 2 mm (equal for D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237679">18 A C</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="B84321C37AF8A2C486CD437456808827" captionStart="Figure 28" captionStartId="F28" captionText="Figure 28. RTA of Pseudopoda spp. treated in this paper, retrolateral-dorsal A. P. huanglianensis; B. P. mamillaris; C. P. oliviformis; D. P. xiaozhua sp. nov.; E, F. P. yangae sp. nov., YNZY 001 (E) and YNZY 005 (F), showing the intraspecific variations exhibited by different males, related to different shapes of vRTA and dRTA; G. P. ying sp. nov. Abbreviations: dRTA = dorsal branch / part of RTA; vRTA = ventral branch / part of RTA. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A C, G, equal for E, F); 5 mm (D)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure28" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237689">28 D</figureCitation>
).
</emphasis>
Femur and patella unmodified. Tibia (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETBBK" xlink_title="tibia">Ti</abbrev>
) moderately long, ca. 2 / 5 cymbium length, with retrolateral apophysis (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXBBK" xlink_title="retrolateral tibial apophysis">RTA</abbrev>
) arising proximally to medially;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2BBK" xlink_title="retrolateral tibial apophysis">RTA</abbrev>
bifurcated, with ventral part (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6BBK" xlink_title="ventral branch/part of RTA">vRTA</abbrev>
) and dorsal branch (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDCBK" xlink_title="dorsal branch/part of RTA">dRTA</abbrev>
):
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHCBK" xlink_title="dorsal branch/part of RTA">dRTA</abbrev>
finger-like, distinctly long, nearly as long as tibia, almost reaching cymbial bulge (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELCBK" xlink_title="cymbial bulge">CB</abbrev>
);
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPCBK" xlink_title="ventral branch/part of RTA">vRTA</abbrev>
humble and broad base and papilliform apex, ca. 1 / 2 of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETCBK" xlink_title="dorsal branch/part of RTA">dRTA</abbrev>
length. Cymbium (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXCBK" xlink_title="cymbium">Cy</abbrev>
) ca. 2.1 × longer than wide, basoretrolaterally with distinct, nearly triangular bulge (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2CBK" xlink_title="cymbial bulge">CB</abbrev>
). Tegulum (T) egg-shaped, ca. 1.15 × longer than wide, relatively flattened, prolatero-apically slightly excavated, with heavily sclerotised tegular apophysis (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6CBK" xlink_title="tegular apophysis">TA</abbrev>
); spermophor (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDDBK" xlink_title="spermophor">Sp</abbrev>
) distinct, V-shaped in ventral view. Tegular apophysis (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHDBK" xlink_title="tegular apophysis">TA</abbrev>
) strongly expanded, inserted at apico-prolateral portion of tegulum; proximally exposed and petal-shaped; mesially and distally digitiform, hidden behind embolus. Embolus (E) almost as long as tegulum (T); basally and mesially thick and robust, nearly column-shaped, originated at ~ 89 oclock; embolic tip (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELDBK" xlink_title="embolic tip">ET</abbrev>
) distinctly narrowed and curved, claw-shaped in ventral view, apex sharp, terminated at ~ 11 oclock position. Conductor (C) membranous, ca. 1 / 2 of the embolus length, extending obliquely, arising at ca. 1 oclock position from tegulum, terminating at c. 11 oclock position; conductor (C) proximally narrowed, its tip widened, shaped like the membranous wing of hymenoptera, directed prolaterally and apically beyond embolic tip (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPDBK" xlink_title="embolic tip">ET</abbrev>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1DE886787D9252A3F20EB50D41A711B9">
<emphasis id="31FA15EF55483867F0E962672C1F250D" bold="true">
Female (
<collectionCode id="1056408D2714FB9EBDFE01D3C9E0BF00">YNZY</collectionCode>
004).
</emphasis>
Total length 13.4. Carapace 6.3 long, 5.5 wide; anterior width 3.3. Opisthosoma 7.1 long, 5.1 wide.
<emphasis id="A61FAC9306EBBB30A9D5989631819A11" bold="true" italics="true">Eye sizes and interdistances</emphasis>
:
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1DBK" xlink_title="anterior median eye">AME</abbrev>
0.32,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5DBK" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye">ALE</abbrev>
0.47,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECEBK" xlink_title="posterior median eye">PME</abbrev>
0.37,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EGEBK" xlink_title="posterior lateral eye">PLE</abbrev>
0.41,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKEBK" xlink_title="distance between AMEs">AME AME</abbrev>
0.18,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOEBK" xlink_title="distance between AME and ALE">AME ALE</abbrev>
0.07,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESEBK" xlink_title="distance between PMEs">PME PME</abbrev>
0.32,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWEBK" xlink_title="distance between PME and PLE">PME PLE</abbrev>
0.51,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1EBK" xlink_title="distance between AME and PME">AME PME</abbrev>
0.42,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5EBK" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye">ALE</abbrev>
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECFBK" xlink_title="posterior lateral eye">PLE</abbrev>
0.42,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EGFBK" xlink_title="clypeus height">
<collectingCountry id="6B02FCE78DC9782E967B083E2FDF1048" name="Switzerland">CH</collectingCountry>
</abbrev>
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKFBK" xlink_title="anterior median eye">AME</abbrev>
0.63,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOFBK" xlink_title="clypeus height">
<collectingCountry id="B8F0685D2780EC63C69AD22E8196BB59" name="Switzerland">CH</collectingCountry>
</abbrev>
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESFBK" xlink_title="anterior lateral eye">ALE</abbrev>
0.51.
<emphasis id="5EDD68F7E3E26C1CCECDEDEC20225FDF" bold="true" italics="true">Spination</emphasis>
: palp: 131, 101, 2121, 1014;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5FBK" xlink_title="femur">Fe</abbrev>
: I III 323, IV 321;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECGBK" xlink_title="patella">Pa</abbrev>
: I IV 101;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EGGBK" xlink_title="tibia">Ti</abbrev>
:
<date id="674E9B3F3E486AB515B4CCE66D0F05FE" value="2026-01" valueMax="2026-04-31" valueMin="2026-01-00">I IV 2026</date>
;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKGBK" xlink_title="metatarsus">Mt</abbrev>
:
<date id="B0BB078A0FCC3F90FFFAAF56A338804C" value="1014-01" valueMax="1014-02-31" valueMin="1014-01-00">I II 1014</date>
,
<date id="DD00F5A2D2EC41B2A7B638285CDC187D" value="2024-03">III 2024</date>
, IV 3036.
<emphasis id="678C31751CBDF2E75BE608E59E5E0544" bold="true" italics="true">Measurements of palp and legs</emphasis>
: palp 8.0 (2.5, 1.3, 1.7, 2.5), I 21.4 (6.4, 2.8, 5.1, 5.3, 1.8), II 22.4 (6.8, 2.6, 5.6, 5.7, 1.7), III 18.9 (6.0, 2.5, 4.8, 4.5, 1.1), IV 21.0 (6.5, 2.4, 5.3, 5.5, 1.3). Cheliceral furrow with ~ 56 denticles. Colouration in ethanol as in males, but generally distinctly darker (Fig.
<figureCitation id="59D417FD5CA3CBCB1C74338EB00CBBC4" captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Pseudopoda xiaozhua sp. nov., female paratype, epigyne (A C) and habitus (D, E). A. Intact; ventral; B. Cleared and macerated; ventral; C. Cleared and macerated; dorsal; D. Dorsal; E. Ventral. Abbreviations: AB = anterior band; aEF = anterior margin of epigynal field; amLL = anterior margin of lateral lobes; CO = copulatory opening; FD = fertilization duct; FW = first winding; LL = lateral lobe; MF = median field of epigyne; mmLL = median margin of lateral lobes; MS = membranous sac; PI = posterior incision; pmLL = posterior margin of lateral lobes; S = spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (equal for A C); 2 mm (equal for D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237680">19 D, E</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4AC35E627687F8511285B3939E725B48">
<emphasis id="27B28127003A11C426C616F8DA465B30" bold="true">
<emphasis id="F76D09B65CCBB301D6C7F8B70CCB88B7" bold="true" italics="true">Epigyne</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="471B7F085710566665711D7F88E7CBE1" captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Pseudopoda xiaozhua sp. nov., female paratype, epigyne (A C) and habitus (D, E). A. Intact; ventral; B. Cleared and macerated; ventral; C. Cleared and macerated; dorsal; D. Dorsal; E. Ventral. Abbreviations: AB = anterior band; aEF = anterior margin of epigynal field; amLL = anterior margin of lateral lobes; CO = copulatory opening; FD = fertilization duct; FW = first winding; LL = lateral lobe; MF = median field of epigyne; mmLL = median margin of lateral lobes; MS = membranous sac; PI = posterior incision; pmLL = posterior margin of lateral lobes; S = spermatheca. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (equal for A C); 2 mm (equal for D, E)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237680">19 A C</figureCitation>
).
</emphasis>
Epigynal field ca. 1.5 × wider than long; anterior margin (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EAHBK" xlink_title="anterior margin of epigynal field">aEF</abbrev>
) trilobate, with two small v-shaped incisions that are well separated by at least 3 × widths; anterior bands (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EEHBK" xlink_title="anterior band">AB</abbrev>
) indistinct, situated at the two incisions. Median field (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EIHBK" xlink_title="median field of epigyne">MF</abbrev>
) nearly heart-shaped, relatively small, no more than 1 / 3 epigyne length and 1 / 4 epigyne width. Lateral lobes (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EMHBK" xlink_title="lateral lobe">LL</abbrev>
) distinctly longer than wide, slightly converged on the central axis; anterior margins (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQHBK" xlink_title="anterior margin of lateral lobes">amLL</abbrev>
) distinctly procurved and delimited; median margins (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EUHBK" xlink_title="median margin of lateral lobes">mmLL</abbrev>
) touching each other along the middle line in anterior half; posterior margins (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYHBK" xlink_title="posterior margin of lateral lobes">pmLL</abbrev>
) with incision (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3HBK" xlink_title="posterior incision">PI</abbrev>
) on each side. Copulatory openings (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EAIBK" xlink_title="copulatory opening">CO</abbrev>
) indistinct, located at anterolateral margins of median field (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EEIBK" xlink_title="median field of epigyne">MF</abbrev>
). First windings (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EIIBK" xlink_title="first winding">FW</abbrev>
) represented by translucent, membranous short tube, starting from near copulatory openings (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EMIBK" xlink_title="copulatory opening">CO</abbrev>
), descending obliquely, moving laterally to basolateral surfaces of spermathecae (S), ca. 1 / 2 of epigyne length. Spermathecae (S) clavate, at least 2.7 longer than diameters; surface wrinkled, provided with several depressions and anterior hump; spermathecae (S) widely separated by ca. 2.4 × diameters. Membranous sac (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQIBK" xlink_title="membranous sac">MS</abbrev>
) disc-shaped, located at posterior portion of vulva; anterior margin separated from epigastric fold by ca. 1 / 3 epigyne length, reaching the contact point of median margins of lateral lobes (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EUIBK" xlink_title="median margin of lateral lobes">mmLL</abbrev>
); posterior margin close to the epigastric fold. Fertilization ducts (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYIBK" xlink_title="fertilization duct">FD</abbrev>
) acicular, membranous, nearly 1 / 2 spermathecae length, proximally covered by membranous sac (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3IBK" xlink_title="membranous sac">MS</abbrev>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EAJBK" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="C9F9EE47131DF3177980D6CB587D299C">
<heading id="099B9E2EAAD8AFB3174515CBF1688355" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A2E27F4272AD74CC50A395127C9070C1">
Presently known only from the type locality (Fig.
<figureCitation id="271C0110DACB4B235519DC14AB065EE2" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Locality of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture (A) and distribution records (B) of Pseudopoda species in Honghe Prefecture." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.101.136177.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1237662">1</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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