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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Pseudopoda deformis Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov., male holotype (HUST-SPA- 22 - 001), left palp (A-C), left male palpal tibia (D), and cheliceral dentition (E, F). A prolateral view B ventral view C, D retrolateral view E male, ventral view F female, ventral view. Abbreviations: C = conductor; dRTA = dorsal branch of RTA; vRTA = ventral branch of RTA; E = embolus; Sp = spermophore; T = tegulum. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D); 0.5 mm (E, F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/845092" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">(变形拟遁蛛) Figs 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Pseudopoda deformis Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov., female paratype (A, D HUST-SPA- 22 - 002; B, E HUST-SPA- 22 - 003; C, F HUST-SPA- 22 - 004), epigyne (A-C), vulva (D-F), and schematic course of internal duct system (G-I). A-C ventral view D-F dorsal view. Abbreviations: CO = copulatory opening; FD = fertilisation duct; FW = first winding; LL = lateral lobes. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/845093" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">, 2</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Pseudopoda deformis Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov., habitus (A-H), and live specimens (I, J) A, I (HUST-SPA- 22 - 001), holotype male, dorsal view B (HUST-SPA- 22 - 001), holotype male, ventral view C, J (HUST-SPA- 22 - 002), paratype female, dorsal view D (HUST-SPA- 22 - 002), paratype female, ventral view E (HUST-SPA- 22 - 003), paratype female, dorsal view F (HUST-SPA- 22 - 003), paratype female, ventral view G (HUST-SPA- 22 - 004), paratype female, dorsal view, H (HUST-SPA- 22 - 004), paratype female, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/845094" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">, 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Photograph of the habitat (A, B) and collection locality of Pseudopoda deformis Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov. (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/845095" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">, 4</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Bayesian tree based on the COI + ITS 2 dataset including 146 Pseudopoda individuals belonging to 45 species. Numbers on nodes are posterior probabilities. Red clade indicates Pseudopoda deformis Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov., blue clade indicates the outgroups." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/845096" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">, 5</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Holotype</emphasis>
#m: China
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: Hubei Province: Shennongjia Forestry District, Muyu Town, Guanmenshan Scenic Area (
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,
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, 1200 m a.s.l.), 10.XII.2021, leg. Y. Zhong (HUST-SPA-22-001).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Paratypes</emphasis>
: China
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: Hubei Province: Same locality, 1#f (HUST-SPA-22-002), 1#f (HUST-SPA-22-003), 1#f (HUST-SPA-22-004), 3#m, 4#f.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Etymology.</paragraph>
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The specific name is derived from the Latin word
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, -
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">a</emphasis>
, -
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, meaning distorted, referring to the shape of the internal ducts of the female vulva.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Males of
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Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov. are similar to those of
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Zhang,
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&amp; Liu, 2023 (
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: figs 130, 131),
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(Wang, 1990) (
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: figs 4A-C, 5A-C) and
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&amp; Vedel, 2007 (Jäger and Vedel 2007: figs 73-75) in having a long, filiform embolus. They can be distinguished from the two congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) Embolus arising from tegulum at 1:00-
<normalizedToken originalValue="oclock">o'clock</normalizedToken>
position, then curving downward (8:30-
<normalizedToken originalValue="oclock">o'clock</normalizedToken>
position, upward in
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and
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); (2) The basal part of embolus is oval (circular in
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. jiangi" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rank="species" species="jiangi">
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); (3) The tip of the conductor is straight and extends to approximately the tip of the cymbium in ventral view (not in
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. lushanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rank="species" species="lushanensis">
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and
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</taxonomicName>
); and (4) RTA arising medially from tibia (subdistally in
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. lushanensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rank="species" species="lushanensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">P. lushanensis</emphasis>
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; basally in
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</taxonomicName>
) (Fig.
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). The females of this species can be separated from other
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species by their unique internal ducts of the vulva, which are curved longitudinally, forming a narrow triangle or trapezoidal shape (Fig.
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Male.</emphasis>
PL 4.9, PW 3.4, AW 2.3, OL 4.6, OW 3.4. Eyes: AME 0.24, ALE 0.26, PME 0.27, PLE 0.33, AME-AME 0.21, AME-ALE 0.12, PME-PME 0.23, PME-PLE 0.16, AME-PME 0.29, ALE-PLE 0.18, CHAME 0.27, CHALE 0.33. Setation: Palp: 131, 101, 2101; Fe: I-III 323, IV 321; Pa: I-IV 101; Ti: I-II 2228, III-IV 2126; Mt: I-II 2024, III 2026, IV 3036. Measurements of palp and legs: Palp 7.4 (2.1, 0.9, 1.3, -, 3.1), I 27.0 (7.1, 1.5, 8.2, 7.8, 2.4), II 29.6 (7.8, 1.5, 8.8, 8.9, 2.6), III 21.6 (6.0, 1.3, 6.1, 6.3, 1.9), IV 24.5 (6.5, 1.3, 6.9, 7.6, 2.2). Leg formula: II-I-IV-III. Chelicerae with three promarginal and four retromarginal teeth, and with ~51 denticles (Fig.
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). Carapace yellowish brown dorsally, margin with black patches, with shallow fovea and radial furrows. Chelicerae deep reddish brown. Sternum yellow with lots of random black spots. Endites and labium pale yellowish brown. Legs brown, with dark dots randomly distributed and covered by short spines and seta. Opisthosoma black-brown dorsally, without spots. Opisthosoma uniformly yellowish brown with some black patches ventrally (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Pseudopoda deformis Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov., habitus (A-H), and live specimens (I, J) A, I (HUST-SPA- 22 - 001), holotype male, dorsal view B (HUST-SPA- 22 - 001), holotype male, ventral view C, J (HUST-SPA- 22 - 002), paratype female, dorsal view D (HUST-SPA- 22 - 002), paratype female, ventral view E (HUST-SPA- 22 - 003), paratype female, dorsal view F (HUST-SPA- 22 - 003), paratype female, ventral view G (HUST-SPA- 22 - 004), paratype female, dorsal view, H (HUST-SPA- 22 - 004), paratype female, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/845094" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">3A, B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov., habitus (
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), and live specimens (
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)
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(HUST-SPA-22-001), holotype male, dorsal view
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(HUST-SPA-22-001), holotype male, ventral view
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(HUST-SPA-22-002), paratype female, dorsal view
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(HUST-SPA-22-002), paratype female, ventral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">E</emphasis>
(HUST-SPA-22-003), paratype female, dorsal view
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(HUST-SPA-22-003), paratype female, ventral view
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(HUST-SPA-22-004), paratype female, dorsal view,
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(HUST-SPA-22-004), paratype female, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (
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).
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Cymbium approximately 2 times longer than tibia (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Pseudopoda deformis Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov., male holotype (HUST-SPA- 22 - 001), left palp (A-C), left male palpal tibia (D), and cheliceral dentition (E, F). A prolateral view B ventral view C, D retrolateral view E male, ventral view F female, ventral view. Abbreviations: C = conductor; dRTA = dorsal branch of RTA; vRTA = ventral branch of RTA; E = embolus; Sp = spermophore; T = tegulum. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D); 0.5 mm (E, F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/845092" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">1A-C</figureCitation>
). The basal part of conductor is obscured in ventral view (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Pseudopoda deformis Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov., male holotype (HUST-SPA- 22 - 001), left palp (A-C), left male palpal tibia (D), and cheliceral dentition (E, F). A prolateral view B ventral view C, D retrolateral view E male, ventral view F female, ventral view. Abbreviations: C = conductor; dRTA = dorsal branch of RTA; vRTA = ventral branch of RTA; E = embolus; Sp = spermophore; T = tegulum. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D); 0.5 mm (E, F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/845092" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">1B</figureCitation>
) by embolus base. Basal part of conductor slightly sclerotized (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Pseudopoda deformis Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov., male holotype (HUST-SPA- 22 - 001), left palp (A-C), left male palpal tibia (D), and cheliceral dentition (E, F). A prolateral view B ventral view C, D retrolateral view E male, ventral view F female, ventral view. Abbreviations: C = conductor; dRTA = dorsal branch of RTA; vRTA = ventral branch of RTA; E = embolus; Sp = spermophore; T = tegulum. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D); 0.5 mm (E, F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/845092" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">1C</figureCitation>
). Embolus slender, encircling the tegulum counter-clockwise, ventrally pointed (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Pseudopoda deformis Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov., male holotype (HUST-SPA- 22 - 001), left palp (A-C), left male palpal tibia (D), and cheliceral dentition (E, F). A prolateral view B ventral view C, D retrolateral view E male, ventral view F female, ventral view. Abbreviations: C = conductor; dRTA = dorsal branch of RTA; vRTA = ventral branch of RTA; E = embolus; Sp = spermophore; T = tegulum. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D); 0.5 mm (E, F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/845092" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">1B</figureCitation>
). RTA distally bifurcate, pincer-shaped in ventral view, dRTA moderately pointed at tip (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Pseudopoda deformis Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov., male holotype (HUST-SPA- 22 - 001), left palp (A-C), left male palpal tibia (D), and cheliceral dentition (E, F). A prolateral view B ventral view C, D retrolateral view E male, ventral view F female, ventral view. Abbreviations: C = conductor; dRTA = dorsal branch of RTA; vRTA = ventral branch of RTA; E = embolus; Sp = spermophore; T = tegulum. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D); 0.5 mm (E, F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/845092" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">1B, D</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Female.</emphasis>
PL 5.0, PW 4.8, AW 2.8, OL 6.7, OW 4.7. Eyes: AME 0.25, ALE 0.34, PME 0.26, PLE 0.38, AME-AME 0.18, AME-ALE 0.08, PME-PME 0.24, PME-PLE 0.18, AME-PME 0.29, ALE-PLE 0.17, CHAME 0.35, CHALE 0.45. Setation: Palp: 131, 101, 2121, 1014; Fe: I-III 323, IV 321; Pa: I-IV 000; Ti: I-II 222(10), III-IV 2126; Mt: I-II 2024, III-IV 2026. Measurements of palp and legs: Palp 6.4 (2.1, 0.7, 1.0, -, 2.6), I 19.3 (5.5, 1.3, 5.6, 5.1, 1.8), II 20.5 (5.9, 1.3, 6.1, 5.4, 1.8), III 15.4 (4.6, 1.1, 4.5, 3.7, 1.5), IV 17.0 (5.0, 1.1, 4.5, 4.6, 1.8). Leg formula: II-I-IV-III. Chelicerae with three promarginal and four retromarginal teeth, and with ~46 denticles (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Pseudopoda deformis Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov., male holotype (HUST-SPA- 22 - 001), left palp (A-C), left male palpal tibia (D), and cheliceral dentition (E, F). A prolateral view B ventral view C, D retrolateral view E male, ventral view F female, ventral view. Abbreviations: C = conductor; dRTA = dorsal branch of RTA; vRTA = ventral branch of RTA; E = embolus; Sp = spermophore; T = tegulum. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-C); 0.1 mm (D); 0.5 mm (E, F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/845092" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">1F</figureCitation>
).
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Epigynal field almost as wide as long, the anterior margins of lateral lobes forming a V-shape, median margin of lateral lobes united, internal duct systems not visible through cuticle, fertilisation ducts arising postero-laterally. In the dorsal view, internal duct systems differ extremely, and there is no regularity in the direction and structure of internal pipeline (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Pseudopoda deformis Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov., female paratype (A, D HUST-SPA- 22 - 002; B, E HUST-SPA- 22 - 003; C, F HUST-SPA- 22 - 004), epigyne (A-C), vulva (D-F), and schematic course of internal duct system (G-I). A-C ventral view D-F dorsal view. Abbreviations: CO = copulatory opening; FD = fertilisation duct; FW = first winding; LL = lateral lobes. Scale bars: 1 mm (A-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/845093" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">2</figureCitation>
).
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Colouration as in males, opisthosoma brown dorsally (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Pseudopoda deformis Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov., habitus (A-H), and live specimens (I, J) A, I (HUST-SPA- 22 - 001), holotype male, dorsal view B (HUST-SPA- 22 - 001), holotype male, ventral view C, J (HUST-SPA- 22 - 002), paratype female, dorsal view D (HUST-SPA- 22 - 002), paratype female, ventral view E (HUST-SPA- 22 - 003), paratype female, dorsal view F (HUST-SPA- 22 - 003), paratype female, ventral view G (HUST-SPA- 22 - 004), paratype female, dorsal view, H (HUST-SPA- 22 - 004), paratype female, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/845094" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">3C-H</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Habitat.</paragraph>
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The specimens were collected on leaves at night with bare hands (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Photograph of the habitat (A, B) and collection locality of Pseudopoda deformis Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov. (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/845095" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">4A, B</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Figure 4.</emphasis>
Photograph of the habitat (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">A, B</emphasis>
) and collection locality of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Pseudopoda deformis</emphasis>
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Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov. (
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">C</emphasis>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
Known only from Hubei Province, China (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Photograph of the habitat (A, B) and collection locality of Pseudopoda deformis Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov. (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/845095" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">4C</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
The monophyly of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Pseudopoda deformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov. is highly supported by molecular phylogenetic results based mainly on Chinese
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Pseudopoda</emphasis>
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species (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Bayesian tree based on the COI + ITS 2 dataset including 146 Pseudopoda individuals belonging to 45 species. Numbers on nodes are posterior probabilities. Red clade indicates Pseudopoda deformis Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov., blue clade indicates the outgroups." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/845096" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">5</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Figure 5.</emphasis>
Bayesian tree based on the COI + ITS2 dataset including 146
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Pseudopoda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
individuals belonging to 45 species. Numbers on nodes are posterior probabilities. Red clade indicates
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Pseudopoda deformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Gong &amp; Zhong, sp. nov., blue clade indicates the outgroups.
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