Sixteen new species of the genus Pseudopoda Jaeger, 2000 from China, Myanmar, and Thailand (Sparassidae, Heteropodinae)
Jiang, Tongyao
Zhao, Qingyuan
Li, Shuqiang
ZooKeys
2018
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107
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4P8D4
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Zhao & Li
Arachnida
Sparassidae
Pseudopoda
CoL
Animalia
Pseudopoda nyingchiensis
Araneae
14
121
Arthropoda
species
nyingchiensis
Typematerial. Holotype ♂: China, Tibet Autonomous Region, Nyingchi Prefecture, between Sejila Moution to Bayi Town, 29°33.790'N, 94°34.247'E, 3847 m, 13 VI 2016, J. Wu.
Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective.
Diagnosis. Median-sized Pseudopodaspecies. Male resembles P. gogona Jaeger, 2001 (see Jaeger2001: 58, figure 36 a-e) and P. gibberosaZhang, Zhang & Zhang, 2013 (see Zhang et al. 2013a: 274, figs 1-12) by: embolus sickle-shaped, with blunt embolic projection, tip pointing prolaterally (Figure 17A, B). It can be distinguished by: RTA well developed, divided into dRTA and vRTA, dRTA finger-like, elongated and curved (Figure 16B, C; dRTA distinctly shorter in P. gogonaand P. gibberosa). Figure 16. Pseudopoda nyingchiensisZhao & Li, sp. n., right palp of male holotype, horizontally flipped for the sake of comparison. A Prolateral view B Ventral view C Retrolateral view. Scale bar equal for A, B, C. Figure 17. Pseudopoda nyingchiensisZhao & Li, sp. n., male holotype. Right bulb horizontally flipped for the sake of comparison. A Bulb, ventral view B Bulb, dorsal view C Habitus, dorsal view D Habitus, ventral view. Scale bar equal for A, B.
Description. Male (holotype). Body length 9.9, DS length 4.8, DS width 4.3, OS length 5.1, OS width 3.3. Eyes: AME 0.19, ALE 0.25, PME 0.20, PLE 0.32, AME-AME 0.20, AME-ALE 0.10, PME-PME 0.28, PME-PLE 0.38, AME-PME 0.38, ALE-PLE 0.34, CH AME 0.31, CH ALE 0.26. Leg formula: II-I-IV-III. Spination: palp 131, 101, 2111; legs: femur I-III 323, IV 331; patella I-III 001, IV 000; tibia I-IV 2026; metatarsus I-II 2024, III 3035, IV 3037. Measurements of palp and legs: palp 7.2 (2.5, 1.1, 1.3, -, 2.3), leg I 23.5 (6.0, 2.5, 6.3, 6.7, 2.0), leg II 25.6 (6.6, 2.6, 7.0, 7.3, 2.1), leg III 21.8 (6.0, 2.3, 5.8, 6.0, 1.7), leg IV 23.4 (6.3, 2.2, 5.9, 7.0, 2.0). Promargin of chelicerae with three teeth, retromargin with four teeth. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 18 denticles. Palpas in diagnosis. Retrolateral margin of cymbium swollen. RTA arising basally to mesially from tibia, vRTA broad in retrolateral view (Figure 16 A-C). Sperm duct running submarginally retrolaterally in tegulum. Embolus arising from tegulum at 9 o'clockposition. Conductor arising from tegulum at 12 o'clockposition, slightly leaning prolaterally to cover the tip of embolus (Figure 17A, B). Coloration in ethanol: carapace yellowish. Radial furrows and fovea brown. Dorsal opisthosoma brown. Legs yellowish brown, with randomly distributed dark brown dots (Figure 17C, D). Female. Unknown.
Distribution. Known only from the type locality.