Pseudopoda shimenensis 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 : 236-240

Pseudopoda shimenensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu , spec. nov. Figs 219–220 , Map 6

Material examined. THAILAND, Chiang Mai Province: 1 female, Doi Suthep , 18.80°N, 98.92°E, 1006 m, 21 December 1958, B. Degenbol leg. ( ZMUC, Type material. CHINA, Hunan Province: Holotype female from Changde City, Shimen County, Main peak of Hupingshan National Nature Reserve , 30.11°N,

110.78°E, 1395 m, 16 June 2017, Y. Zhong & Y. Zhu leg. ( CBEE, LJ05043 ) .

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the type locality, the Shimen County; adjective.

Diagnosis. The female of P. shimenensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu , spec. nov. resembles that of P. curva spec. nov. by the similarly shaped S, but can be recognised by the following characters: 1) Posterior margins of LL more distinctly curved; 2) Lateral margins of LL oblique (posterior margins of LL almost straight and lateral margins of LL longitudinal in P. curva spec. nov.).

FEMALE (LJ05043): Measurements: Medium sized. Body length 10.4, DS length 4.7, width 4.2, OS length 5.7, width 3.9. Eyes: AME 0.12, ALE 0.24, PME 0.17, PLE 0.19,AME–AME0.17,AME–ALE0.11, PME– PME 0.22, PME–PLE 0.39, AME–PME 0.36, ALE–PLE 0.33, CH AME 0.40, CH ALE 0.37. Spination: Pp 131, 101, 2121, 1014; Fe I–II 323, III–IV 322; Pa I–III 101, IV 100; Ti I–II 2228, III–IV 2126; Mt I–II 2024, III 3025, IV 3036. Measurements of palps and legs: Pp 6.3 (1.9, 0.6, 1.1, –, 2.7); I 15.9 (4.8, 1.6, 4.3, 3.8, 1.4); II 20.1 (5.5, 2.0, 6.0, 5.0, 1.6); III 13.5 (4.2, 1.4, 3.6, 3.0, 1.3); IV 16.7 (5.2, 1.2, 4.1, 4.7, 1.5). Leg formula: II-IV-I-III. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 22 denticles.

Epigyne ( Figs 219A–C ): As in diagnosis. EF almost twice as wide as long, with indistinct AB. Anterior margins of LL slightly curved, building a very obtuse angle. S covererd by postero-dorsal part of LL in dorsal view.

Colouration ( Figs 220A–B ): DS yellow with dark spots, margin with thin dashed line and brown patterns. Fovea marked by 2 parallel lines and striae marked by rows of dots. OS dorsally brown, with reddish brown marks, with white guanine crystals in anterior part and transversal white line in posterior part. OS ventrally with reddish brown dots, irregularly arranged, a larger dot in front of spinnerets, and with two areas anterolaterally with white guanine crystals.

MALE: Unknown.

Distribution. China (Hunan Province).

Figures

MAP 6. Distribution of Pseudopoda species in Central and Southeast China: 3. P. aliena spec. nov.; 4. P. allantoides spec. nov.; 35. P. daiyunensis spec. nov.; 42. P. drepanoides spec. nov.; 44. P. exiguoides; 45. P. explanata spec. nov.; 46. P. falcata spec. nov.; 49. P. foliiculiaris spec. nov.; 50. P. gracilenta spec. nov.; 53. P. huangensis spec. nov.; 55. P. hupingensis spec. nov.; 56. P. imparilis spec. nov.; 58. P. jiugongensis spec. nov.; 66. P. longtanensis spec. nov.; 67. P. longxiensis spec. nov.; 77. P. nankunensis spec. nov.; 78. P. nanlingensis spec. nov.; 84. P. pantianensis spec. nov.; 85. P. papilionacea spec. nov.; 93. P. sangzhiensis spec. nov.; 95. P. shimenensis spec. nov.; 100. P. strombuliformis spec. nov.; 102. P. subtilis spec. nov.; 105. P. taoyuanensis spec. nov.; 106. P. tianpingensis spec. nov.; 115. P. yangmingensis spec. nov.; 116. P. yangtaiensis spec. nov.; 117. P. yilanensis spec. nov.

FIGURE 219. Pseudopoda shimenensis 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 220. Pseudopoda shimenensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov., A–B Female habitus (A. dorsal; B. ventral). Scale bars: A–B: 2 mm.