Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000

Chang, Jian, Zhang, He, Liu, Jie, Zhu, Yang, Liu, Changyong, Chen, Kuai & Hu, Changhao, 2024, Three new species of Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae) from Qizimeishan National Nature Reserve of Hubei, China, ZooKeys 1214, pp. 143-160 : 143-160

Genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000

Type species.

Pseudopoda prompta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) .

Diagnosis.

Male Pseudopoda species can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters: 1) embolus at least in its basal part broadened and flattened; 2) conductor membranous (absent in some species); and 3) retrolateral tibial apophysis arising proximally or mesially from the tibia. Females can be diagnosed by the following combination of characters: 1) epigyne with lateral lobes extending distinctly beyond epigastric furrow, and covering median septum in most species; 2) first winding membranous, and with bent margins in most species; and 3) first winding or first winding and lateral lobes covering the internal duct system ( Jäger, 2000; Jiang et al. 2018; Zhang et al. 2023; Wu et al. 2024).

Distribution.

East, South and Southeast Asia.