Sinopoda erromena, Zhong & Jäger & Chen & Liu, 2019

Zhong, Yang, Jäger, Peter, Chen, Jian & Liu, Jie, 2019, Taxonomic study of Sinopoda spiders from China (Araneae: Sparassidae), Zootaxa 4607 (1), pp. 1-81 : 28-29

Sinopoda erromena sp. nov.

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Type material. Holotype female: CHINA: Hunan Province: Yiyang City, Anhua County, Liubuxi National Nature Reserve , 28.36°N, 110.85°E, 522 m, native forest, 4 August 2015, J. Chen, J.Y. Li & Y. Zhong leg. (CBEE).

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Greek word erromenus, meaning “wide and strong” referring to the strong anterior part of internal ducts.

Diagnosis. See diagnosis under S. dehiscens sp. nov. ( Figs 22 A–B, 23A–B).

Description. Female (holotype): Measurements: PL 7.1, PW 6.0; AW 3.5; OL 8.4, OW 4.6. Eyes: AME 0.27, ALE 0.42, PME 0.29, PLE 0.42, AME–AME 0.26, AME–ALE 0.15, PME–PME 0.38, PME–PLE 0.57, AME–PME 0.38, ALE–PLE 0.41, CH AME 0.34, CH ALE 0.44. Spination: Palp: 131, 101, 2121, 1014; Fe: I–III 323, IV 331; Pa: I–IV 001; Ti: I–III 2026, IV 2126; Mt: I–II 0 0 0 4, III 1014, IV 3036. Measurements of palp and legs: Palp 8.9 (2.9, 1.1, 1.9, –, 3.0); I 24.6 (6.9, 2.8, 6.7, 6.2, 2.0); II 26.9 (7.8, 3.0, 7.7, 6.4, 2.0); III 22.8 (6.8, 2.6, 6.2, 5.4, 1.8); IV 24.1 (7.1, 1.8, 6.4, 6.8, 2.0). Leg formula: II-IV-I-III. Cheliceral furrow with 3 anterior, 4 posterior teeth and ca. 22 denticles.

Copulatory organ as in diagnosis. Epigynal field wider than long, with short anterior bands. Lobal septum wide, forming a triangle. Anterior part of internal duct system diverging. Fertilization ducts arising posterio-laterally. Membranous sac between fertilization ducts almost rectangular ( Figs 22 A–B, 23A–B).

Colouration in ethanol. Dorsal prosoma uniformly yellowish- to slightly reddish-brown covered by many setae, lateral margins dark, with short yellow submarginal transversal light band posteriorly. Fovea and radial furrows dis- tinctly marked. Labium and gnathocoxae yellowish-brown, both with distal parts lighter. Sternum yellowish-brown, with margin brown. Chelicerae deep reddish-brown. Legs yellowish-brown with dark spots. Dorsal opisthosoma reddish-brown, covered by grey hairs, heart patch and muscle impressions yellow, lateral field of opisthosoma with three pairs of black patches. Ventral opisthosoma uniformly reddish-brown ( Figs 23 C–D).

Distribution. China (Hunan) ( Fig. 62 ).

Figures

FIGURES 22. Sinopoda erromena sp. nov., holotype female from Liubuxi National Nature Reserve. A Epigyne, ventral; B Vulva, dorsal. AB—anterior bands, FD—fertilization duct, GA—glandular appendage, LL—lateral lobes, LS—lobal septum, MS—membranous sac, PP—posterior part of spermathecae. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 23. Sinopoda erromena sp. nov., holotype female from Liubuxi National Nature Reserve. A Epigyne, ventral; B Vulva, dorsal; C–D Female habitus (C dorsal, D ventral). Scale bars: A–B 0.5 mm; C–D 2 mm.

FIGURES 62. Locality records for twenty-two species of Sinopoda: 1. S. abstrusa sp. nov. (Xizang); 2. S. aequalis sp. nov. (Henan); 3. S. apiculiformis sp. nov. (Hunan); 4, 5. S. brevis sp. nov. (Liaoning); 6, 7. S. changde sp. nov. (Hunan, Shaanxi); 8. S. columnaris sp. nov. (Guizhou); 9. S. curva sp. nov. (Guangxi); 10. S. dehiscens sp. nov. (Hunan); 11. S. erromena sp. nov. (Hunan); 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. S. globosa Zhang et al., 2015 (Guizhou, Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); 25, 26. S. improcera sp. nov. (Yunnan); 27. S. lata sp. nov. (Yunnan); 28. S. liui Zhong et al., 2017 (Fujian); 14, 29, 30. S. longiducta Zhang et al., 2015 (Sichuan, Yunnan); 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41. S. longshan Yin et al., 2000 (Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan); 42, 43. S. luyui sp. nov. (Sichuan, Gansu); 44, 45. S. ovata sp. nov. (Chongqing); 14, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56. S. pengi Song & Zhu, 1999 (Yunnan); 57. S. pyramidalis sp. nov. (Sichuan); 58, 59. S. tumefacta sp. nov. (Yunnan); 14, 26, 29, 30. S. yaanensis sp. nov. (Sichuan, Yunnan); 60. S. yanlingensis sp. nov. (Hunan).