Pseudopoda zuoi Zhang, Jäger & Liu, 2023

Zhang, He, Zhu, Yang, Zhong, Yang, Jäger, Peter & Liu, Jie, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the spider genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 (Araneae: Sparassidae) from East, South and Southeast Asia, Megataxa 9 (1), pp. 1-304 : 299

Pseudopoda zuoi Zhang, Jäger & Liu , spec. nov. Figs 281–282 , Map 4

Type material. CHINA, Yunnan Province: Holotype female from Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture , Luechun County, Martyr Cemetery , 22.99°N, 102.45°E, 1934 m, 30 October 2015, Y. Zhong & Y. Zhu leg. ( CBEE, LJ2154 ) . Paratypes: 3 females, with same data as for holotype ( CBEE, LJ2155 – LJ2156 ) .

Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to Mr Renyong Zuo for his kind help on our Sparassidae collection; name in genitive case.

Diagnosis. The female of P. zuoi Zhang, Jäger & Liu , spec. nov. resembles that of P. wulaoensis spec. nov. by a similar arrangement of LL and median septum including the lateral bulge of LL. It can be diagnosed by: 1) Anterior margins of LL U-shaped; 2) Sclerotised parts of LL kidney-shaped, bent at right angle (LL margins V-shaped, sclerotised part of IDS roughly longitudinal, almost parallel in P. wulaoensis spec. nov.).

FEMALE (LJ2154): Measurements: Medium sized. Body length 10.8–11.4, DS length 5.4, width 5.0, OS length 5.7, width 3.9. Eyes: AME 0.18, ALE 0.33, PME 0.26, PLE 0.31,AME–AME 0.16,AME–ALE 0.07, PME– PME 0.20, PME–PLE 0.34, AME–PME 0.27, ALE–PLE 0.23, CH AME 0.39, CH ALE 0.31. Spination: Pp 131, 101, 2121, 1014; Fe I–III 323, IV 331; Pa I–IV 100; Ti I–II 2228, III–IV 2126; Mt I–II 2024, III 2026, IV 3036. Measurements of palps and legs: Pp 7.8 (2.5, 1.1, 1.5, –, 2.7); I 20.2 (5.8, 2.3, 5.5, 5.1, 1.5); II 24.2 (6.6, 2.5, 6.9, 6.0, 2.2); III 17.5 (5.3, 2.0, 4.8, 4.3, 1.1); IV 20.8 (6.2, 1.7, 5.3, 5.7, 1.9). Leg formula: II-IV-I-III. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 17 denticles.

Epigyne ( Figs 281A–C ): As in diagnosis. EF almost twice as wide as long, AB indistinct, but long, wide at their base, fragmented. Posterior margins of LL with lateral bulge. FW well developed, covering most part of the IDS, its posterior part covered by LL.

Colouration ( Figs 282C–D ): DS brown with gray marks. Fovea and striae distinctly marked, with dark hairs. OS dorsally reddish brown, with lots of yellow spots, ventrally yellow, with several brown dots.

Distribution. China (Yunnan Province).

Figures

MAP 4. Distribution of Pseudopoda species in China (Yunnan Province): 5. P. amphitropa spec. nov.; 10. P. auricularis spec. nov.; 13. P. baoshanensis spec. nov.; 18. P. cangschana; 19. P. caoi spec. nov.; 24. P. chuxiongensis spec. nov.; 26. P. colossa spec. nov.; 29. P. confusa; 31. P. contentio; 32. P. contraria; 34. P. daguanensis spec. nov.; 36. P. datangensis spec. nov.; 37. P. daweiensis spec. nov.; 38. P. dengi spec. nov.; 40. P. digitata; 51. P. grandis spec. nov.; 54. P. huanglianensis spec. nov.; 59. P. kavanaughi spec. nov.; 60. P. kongdangensis spec. nov.; 61. P. langyaensis spec. nov.; 62. P. liui spec. nov.; 63. P. longa spec. nov.; 65. P. longiuscula spec. nov.; 68. P. luechunensis spec. nov.; 69. P. mamillaris spec. nov.; 72. P. mengsongensis spec. nov.; 74. P. mojiangensis spec. nov.; 75. P. namkhan; 80. P. nematodes spec. nov.; 81. P. nujiangensis spec. nov.; 82. P. olivea spec. nov.; 83. P. oliviformis spec. nov.; 86. P. parvipunctata; 89. P. rhopalocera; 90. P. rivicola; 91. P. rufosulphurea; 96. P. songi; 98. P. spiculata; 104. P. taoi spec. nov.; 108. P. trinacriformis spec. nov.; 112. P. wui spec. nov.; 113. P. wulaoensis spec. nov.; 119. P. yunfengensis spec. nov.; 120. P. zhaoae spec. nov.; 122. P. zuoi spec. nov.

FIGURE 281. Pseudopoda zuoi Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov., holotype, female: A. Epigyne, ventral; B. Schematic course of IDS, dorsal; C. Vulva, dorsal. Scale bars: A–C: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 282. Pseudopoda zuoi Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov., A–B Female habitus (A. dorsal; B. ventral). Scale bars: A–B: 2 mm.