Pseudopoda spiculata ( Wang, 1990 )

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 : 245

Pseudopoda spiculata ( Wang, 1990) Figs 226–228 , Map 4

Heteropoda spiculata Wang, 1990: 8 , figs 13–14 (Holotype male from Xishan, Kunming, Yunnan, China, deposited in HNU, examined). Song et al., 1999: 468, fig 268Q (Description of male).

Pseudopoda spiculata Jäger, 2001b: 100 , figs 57c–d (Transfer from Heteropoda ). Jäger & Vedel, 2007: 32, figs 120–127 (Redescription of male, female).

Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan Province: 21 males, 25 females, Kunming City, Xishan Forest Park, 24.95°N, 102.63°E, 2300 m, 18 November 2019, B. Liang, J. Chen, J. Liu & Z. Li leg. ( CBEE, LJ02692 – LJ02699 , LJ02704 – LJ02730 , LJ201903092 , LJ201903112 , LJ201903131 , LJ201903143 , LJ201903166 , LJ201903170 , LJ201903172 , LJ201903182 , LJ201903189 , LJ201903191 , LJ201903192 ) .

Description. For details see Jäger & Vedel (2007).

Variation. Epigyne with>10distinct “fusion bubbles” in anterior half posterior of CO (not pictured in Jäger & Vedel 2007).

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 226. Pseudopoda spiculata (Wang, 1990), male: A–C Left male palp (A. prolateral; B. ventral; C. retrolateral). Scale bars: A–C: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 227. Pseudopoda spiculata (Wang, 1990), female: A. Epigyne, ventral; B. Vulva, dorsal. Scale bars: A–B: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 228. Pseudopoda spiculata (Wang, 1990), A–B Male habitus (A. dorsal; B. ventral); C–D Female habitus (C. dorsal; D. ventral). Scale bars: A–D: 2 mm.