Pseudopoda subbirmanica 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 : 128-131

Pseudopoda subbirmanica Zhao & Li sp. n. Figs 25, 26, 27, 37

Type material.

Holotype ♂: Myanmar, Kachin State, Putao, Hponkanrazi Wildlife Sanctuary roadside between Camp 1 to Camp 2, 27°36.550'N, 96°58.850'E, 2252 m, 17 XII 2016, J. Wu. Paratypes: 1 ♂, same locality as holotype, 14 V 2017, Z. Chen & J. Wu; 1 ♀, same locality as holotype, 18 V 2017.

Etymology.

The specific name refers to the similarity of its female individual to P. birmanica Jäger, 2001; adjective.

Diagnosis.

Small to median-sized Pseudopoda species. Male resembles P. digitata Jäger & Vedel, 2007 (see Jäger and Vedel 2007: 29, figs 105-113) by: embolus with prolateral projection near the tip (Figure 26A, B). It can be distinguished from the latter by the following combination of characters: 1. tip of embolus pointed (Figure 26A, B; broad and blunt in P. digitata ); 2. dRTA with a prolateral protrusion (Figure 25B, C).

Female extremely resembles P. birmanica Jäger, 2001 (see Jäger 2001: 75, figure 43 a–c) with slight differences in their internal duct systems. For example, the female of P. subbirmanica Zhao & Li, sp. n. lacks an anterior loop near the fertilization duct, which is present in P. birmanica (Figure 27B, E).

Description.

Male (holotype). Body length 9.3, DS length 5, DS width 4.5, OS length 4.3, OS width 3.0. Eyes: AME 0.16, ALE 0.33, PME 0.24, PLE 0.38, AME-AME 0.25, AME-ALE 0.13, PME-PME 0.24, PME-PLE 0.40, AME-PME 0.44, ALE-PLE 0.40, CH AME 0.48, CH ALE 0.37. Leg formula: IV-II-I-III. Spination: palp 131, 101, 2111; legs: femur I-III 323, IV 321; patella I-IV 001; tibia I-IV 2026; metatarsus I-II 1014, III 3035, IV 3037. Measurements of palp and legs: palp 6.9 (2.3, 1.1, 1.3, -, 2.2), leg I 20.3 (5.8, 2.0, 5.6, 5.3, 1.6), leg II 20.5 (5.9, 2.0, 5.8, 5.1, 1.7), leg III 18.6 (5.4, 2.0, 5.0, 4.6, 1.6), leg IV 20.6 (6.0, 1.8, 5.4, 5.4, 2.0). Promargin of chelicerae with three teeth, retromargin with four teeth. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 20 denticles.

Palp as in diagnosis. Cymbium slender. RTA arising mesially from tibia (Figure 25 A–C). Sperm duct running submarginally retrolaterally in tegulum. Embolus broad and nearly sickle-shaped, arising from tegulum at 9 o’clock position. Tip of embolus tapering and bending slightly. Conductor arising from tegulum at 12 o’clock position (Figure 26A, B).

Coloration in ethanol: carapace yellowish brown. Radial furrows and fovea dark brown. Dorsal opisthosoma reddish brown. Ventral opisthosoma with a pair of light transverse bands. Legs yellowish brown, with randomly distributed reddish brown dots (Figure 26C, D).

Female (paratype). Body length 12.2, DS length 5.1, DS width 4.8, OS length 7.1, OS width 5.1. Eyes: AME 0.16, ALE 0.29, PME 0.26, PLE 0.34, AME-AME 0.19, AME-ALE 0.08, PME-PME 0.26, PME-PLE 0.44, AME-PME 0.46, ALE-PLE 0.32, CH AME 0.36, CH ALE 0.30. Leg formula: II-I-IV-III. Spination: palp 131, 101, 2121, 1014; legs: femur I-II 323, III 322, IV 331; patella I-IV 001; tibia I-IV 2026; metatarsus I-II 1014, III 3025, IV 3037. Measurements of palp and legs: palp 6.1 (1.8, 1.1, 1.2, -, 2.0), leg I 15.4 (4.3, 2.0, 4.1, 3.6, 1.4), leg II 16.1 (4.5, 1.9, 4.3, 3.8, 1.6), leg III 14.1 (4.3, 1.8, 3.4, 3.2, 1.4), leg IV 14.8 (4.1, 1.6, 3.6, 4.0, 1.5). Promargin of chelicerae with three teeth, retromargin with four teeth. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 25 denticles.

Epigyne as in diagnosis. Epigynal field longer in transverse axis. Anterior bands distinct, anterior margin slightly trilobate. Lateral lobes longer in transverse axis. Median margin of lateral lobes converged on the central axis, with anterior part V-shaped. Anterior margin of lateral lobe directed forward and then laterally (Figure 27A). Half of first winding of internal duct system hidden behind lateral lobe in dorsal view (Figure 27B). Loops of internal duct system (spermatheca) sub-triangular (Figure 27B, E).

Coloration in ethanol: as in male, but generally darker. Carapace with dark pattern (Figure 27C, D).

Distribution.

Known only from the type locality.