Sinopoda reinholdae, Grall & Jäger, 2020

Grall, Elena & Jäger, Peter, 2020, Forty-seven new species of Sinopoda from Asia with a considerable extension of the distribution range to the South and description of a new species group (Sparassidae: Heteropodinae), Zootaxa 4797 (1), pp. 1-101 : 54-55

Sinopoda reinholdae spec. nov.

Figs 35 a–b, 62 c–d

Type material: Holotype: female ( PJ 895 , SD 1559), MALAYSIA: Sarawak Province : Matang Reserve, 1000 m, under bark, 26 March 1985, C.L. & P. R. Deeleman leg. ( RMNH).

Etymology: The species name is dedicated to Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold, a Dutch arachnologist who provided many spiders from her expeditions to the Senckenberg research institute for taxonomic revisions; name in genitive case.

Diagnosis: Females of S. reinholdae spec. nov. are similar to those of S. matang spec. nov. ( Figs. 30 d–e) in having the glandular appendages situated ventrally from spermathecae and spermathecae only fused in anterior half. They can be distinguished from the latter species by 1. ALE larger than AME (ALE smaller than AME in S. matang spec. nov.), 2. lobal septum anteriorly with deep indentation (anteriorly only with small indentation in S. matang spec. nov.), 3. glandular appendages short (long in S. matang spec. nov.), 4. spermathecae with posterior part bulging laterally (running parallel in S. matang spec. nov.) and 5. fertilization ducts arising postero-laterally from posterior part of spermathecae (antero-laterally from posterior part of spermathecae in S. matang spec. nov.).

Description: Female (holotype): in bad condition. Prosoma 3.00 long, 2.50 wide, anterior width of prosoma 1.50; opisthosoma missing. Eye measurements: AME 0.18; ALE 0.22; PME 0.10; PLE 0.26; AME–AME 0.18; AME–ALE 0.13; PME–PME 0.40; PME–PLE 0.33; AME–PME 0.32; ALE–PLE 0.32; clypeus AME 0.22; clypeus ALE 0.27. Measurements of palp and legs [IV missing]: palp: 4.50 (1.10, 0.80, 1.10, 1.50); I: 11.80 (3.40, 1.40, 3.10, 2.70, 1.20); II: 12.90 (3.90, 1.50, 3.40, 2.90, 1.20); III: 11.00 (3.40, 1.30, 2.90, 2.30, 1.10). Spination: palp: 131, 101, 2121, 1014; legs: Fe I–III 323; Pa I–III 000; Ti I–II 1016, III 2026; Mt I–II 0004, III 2026. Cheliceral furrow with 3 anterior and 4 posterior teeth.

Colouration in ethanol: colouration of prosoma and opisthosoma not recognizable because cuticle is separated from deeper tissue of prosoma and opisthosoma. Chelicerae yellow, proximal part brown. Palps yellowish-brown. Legs yellowish-brown; Fe proximally brown, Ti proximally and medially with brown band.

Copulatory organ as in diagnosis. Epigynal field distinctly wider than long, without anterior bands and slit sensilla. Lateral lobes partly fused with visible seam, posteriorly with median indentation. Epigynal pockets absent. Lobal septum wide. Internal duct system wider than long. Spermathecae fused only at anterior half. Fertilization ducts narrow.

Male: Unknown.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Figures

FIGURES 30 a–e. Sinopoda matang spec. nov., holotype male and paratype female from Matang Reserve. a–c left male palp (a prolateral, b ventral, c retrolateral); d Epigyne, ventral; e Vulva, dorsal. GA—glandular appendage.

FIGURES 35 a–b. Sinopoda reinholdae spec. nov., holotype female from Matang reserve, copulatory organ. a Epigyne, ventral; b Vulva, dorsal. GA—glandular appendage.