Pseudopoda shacunensis Zhao & Li

Jiang, Tongyao, Zhao, Qingyuan & Li, Shuqiang, 2018, Sixteen new species of the genus Pseudopoda Jaeger, 2000 from China, Myanmar, and Thailand (Sparassidae, Heteropodinae), ZooKeys 791, pp. 107-161 : 124-127

Pseudopoda shacunensis Zhao & Li sp. n. Figs 20, 21, 37

Type material.

Holotype ♂: China, Jiangxi Province, Ji’an city, Taihe County, Shacun Town, Chayuan Village, Guangshiyan, 26°31.214'N, 115°06.616'E, 3124 m, 3 V 2013, Y. Luo & J. Liu.

Etymology.

The specific name refers to the type locality; adjective.

Diagnosis.

Small-sized Pseudopoda species. Male resembles P. lushanensis (Wang, 1990) (see Quan et al. 2014: 559, figs 4 A–F, 5 A–G), P. martensi Jäger, 2001 (see Jäger 2001: 66, figs 3 a–h, 39 a–l, 84) and P. hyatti Jäger, 2001 (see Jäger 2001: 72, figs 41 j–m, 84) by: 1. embolus sickle-shaped, its distal part filiform (Figure 21A, B); 2. RTA arising mesially from tibia, single-branched (Figure 20B, C). It can be distinguished by the elongated embolic projection curved backwards dorsally, with its tip ending near the base of conductor (Figure 21A, B; absent in P. lushanensis ; significantly shorter in P. hyatti and P. martensi ).

Description.

Male (holotype). Body length 6.8, DS length 3.4, DS width 3.3, OS length 3.4, OS width 2.5. Eyes: AME 0.20, ALE 0.25, PME 0.20, PLE 0.25, AME-AME 0.18, AME-ALE 0.06, PME-PME 0.24, PME-PLE 0.30, AME-PME 0.31, ALE-PLE 0.27, CH AME 0.30, CH PLE, 0.28. Spination: palp 131, 101, 2111; legs: femur III 323, IV 321; patella III-IV 001; tibia III-IV 2126; metatarsus III 3025, IV 3035. Measurements of palp and legs: palp 5.4 (1.8, 0.8, 1.1, -, 1.7), leg I -, leg II -, leg III 14.3 (4.0, 1.4, 4.0, 3.6, 1.3), leg IV 16.7 (4.3, 1.4, 4.5, 5.0, 1.5). Promargin of chelicerae with three teeth, retromargin with four teeth. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 24 denticles.

Palp as in diagnosis. RTA arising mesially from tibia (Figure 20 A–C). Sperm duct running submarginally retrolaterally in tegulum. Embolus arising from tegulum at 9-10 o’clock position with its basal part broadened and its distal part filiform. Embolic projection arising mesially from embolus, steeply narrowed at its distal half. Distal part of embolic projection filiform, curved, and running backwards to the tegulum. Conductor arising from tegulum at 12 o’clock position, leaning prolaterally and covering the tip of embolus (Figure 21A, B).

Coloration in ethanol: carapace yellow. Radial furrows and fovea dark brown. Dorsal opisthosoma bright brown with reddish brown pattern composed of dense reddish brown dots. Legs yellow, with reddish brown dots and patches (Figure 21C, D).

Female. Unknown.

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality.