Pseudopoda olivea Zhang, Jäger & Liu, 2023

Zhang, He, Zhu, Yang, Zhong, Yang, Jäger, Peter & Liu, Jie, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the spider genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 (Araneae: Sparassidae) from East, South and Southeast Asia, Megataxa 9 (1), pp. 1-304 : 210

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/megataxa.9.1.1
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scientific name	Pseudopoda olivea Zhang, Jäger & Liu
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Pseudopoda olivea Zhang, Jäger & Liu , spec. nov. Figs 189–190 View FIGURE 189 View FIGURE 190 , Map 4 View MAP 4

Type material. CHINA, Yunnan Province: Holotype female from Gongshan Country, Dulongjiang Township, Xianjiudang Village , 27.56°N, 98.20°E, 1634 m, 4 November 2004, G. Tang leg. ( CAS, CAS0043 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: 1 female, with same data as for holotype, except for: Xianjiudang Village ( CAS, CAS0044 View Materials ); 2 GoogleMaps

females, with same data as for holotype, except for: 7 November 2004, V. F. Lee leg. ( CAS, CAS0045 View Materials – CAS0046 View Materials ); 2 females, Gongshan County, Dulongjiang Township , Elideng Village, 28.00°N, 98.32°E, 1854 m, 3 November 2004, D.H. Kavanaugh, D. Dong & G. Tang leg. ( CAS, CAS0014 View Materials – CAS0015 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin adjective oliveus, - a, - um, meaning “olivary”, referring to the olive-like sclerotised part of IDS in ventral view; adjective.

Diagnosis. The female of P. olivea Zhang, Jäger & Liu , spec. nov. is similar to that of P. nematodes spec. nov. by: 1) Similar shape of anterior LL; 2) Trilobate anterior margin of EF, but can be recognised by anterior margins of LL closer to posterior margins (broader in P. nematodes spec. nov.).

FEMALE (CAS0043): Measurements: Medium sized. Body length 10.4–11.2, DS length 4.6, width 4.0, OS length 6.2, width 3.8. Eyes: AME 0.17, ALE 0.25, PME 0.20, PLE 0.22, AME–AME 0.18, AME–ALE 0.11, PME–PME 0.24, PME–PLE 0.38, AME–PME 0.34, ALE–PLE 0.27, CH AME 0.44, CH ALE 0.37. 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 3037. Measurements of palps and legs: Pp 5.7 (1.6, 0.7, 1.1, –, 2.3); I 13.6 (3.9, 1.7, 3.6, 3.3, 1.1); II 16.9 (4.5, 2.1, 5.2, 3.8, 1.3); III 11.4 (3.6, 1.3, 2.9, 2.6, 1.0); IV 12.8 (4.1, 0.8, 3.2, 3.5, 1.2). Leg formula: II-I-IV-III. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 25 denticles.

Epigyne ( Figs 189A–C View FIGURE 189 ): As in diagnosis. EF wider than long, with indistinct AB. Sclerotised parts of IDS almost parallel to anterior margins of LL in ventral view. Parts of FW hidden behind LL in dorsal view.

Colouration ( Figs 190A–B View FIGURE 190 ): DS deep yellowishbrown with brown spots, two medially distinct lateral bands. Fovea and striae distinctly marked. OS dorsally brown with thin bright transverse line in posterior half, ventrally with several brown marks, irregularly arranged.

MALE: Unknown.

Distribution. China (Yunnan Province).