Sinopoda cochlearia Zhang, Zhang & Zhang, 2015

Zhong, Yang, Jäger, Peter, Chen, Jian & Liu, Jie, 2018, Taxonomic review of the Sinopoda okinawana - group (Araneae: Sparassidae) in China, Zootaxa 4388 (3), pp. 328-346 : 329

Sinopoda cochlearia Zhang, Zhang & Zhang, 2015

Figs 1A–E , 9A–D , 14

Sinopoda cochlearia Zhang et al., 2015: 60 , figS 1–6 (deScription of male and female).

Material examined. CHINA: Jiangxi Province: 2 males, 3 females, Jinggangshan City, Ciping Town , Jinggangshan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery , 26°35'N, 114°10'E, 867 m, 16 October 2013, Yang Zhong leg. ( CBEE).

Description. For details see Zhang et al. (2015).

Variation. We found some variation in the epigyne and vulva between the Chongqing population (type locality) and Jiangxi population (present material) comparing the present specimens with the original illustrations: lateral furrows indistinct in Chongqing population, but distinct in Jiangxi population; tip of glandular appendage significantly curved, situated far from the posterior part of spermathecae in Chongqing population, but just slightly curved and situated close to posterior part of spermathecae in Jiangxi population ( Figs 1D–E ).

Distribution. China (Chongqing; Jiangxi, new province record) ( Fig. 14 ).

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FIGURES 1A–E. Sinopoda cochlearia Zhang, Zhang & Zhang, 2015 from JinggangShan Revolutionary MartyrS Cemetery. A–C Left male palp (A prolateral, B ventral, C retrolateral); D Epigyne, ventral; E Vulva, dorSal. Scale barS: 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 9A–D. HabituS of Sinopoda cochlearia Zhang, Zhang & Zhang, 2015, from JinggangShan Revolutionary MartyrS Cemetery. A–B Male (A dorSal, B ventral); C–D Female (C dorSal, D ventral). Scale barS: 2 mm.

FIGURE 14. Collection localitieS of five Sinopoda SpecieS in the okinawana-group from China.