Pseudopoda luechunensis 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 : 174-176

Pseudopoda luechunensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu , spec. nov. Figs 157–158 , Map 4

Type material. CHINA, Yunnan Province: Holotype male 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, LJ2144 ).

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

Diagnosis. The male of P. luechunensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu , spec. nov. can be distinguished from those of all other Pseudopoda species by the dRTA with two very long branches, the inner one reaching to highth of the middle tegulum.

MALE (LJ2144): Measurements: Small sized. Body length 8.9, DS length 3.7, width 3.3, OS length 5.2, width 3.6. Eyes: AME 0.15, ALE 0.25, PME 0.18, PLE 0.23, AME–AME 0.16, AME–ALE 0.07, PME–PME 0.24, PME–PLE 0.36, AME–PME 0.30, ALE–PLE 0.28, CH AME 0.40, CH ALE 0.32. Spination: Pp 131, 101, 2121; 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 4.8 (1.4, 0.6, 1.1, –, 1.7); I 11.7 (3.3, 1.4, 3.1, 2.8, 1.1); II 14.5 (3.9, 1.6, 4.3, 3.4, 1.3); III 9.8 (2.9, 1.3, 2.5, 2.1, 1.0); IV 11.1 (3.4, 0.8, 2.7, 3.0, 1.2). Leg formula: II-I-IV-III. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 29 denticles.

Palp ( Figs 157A–C ): As in diagnosis. C arising from T at 12:30 o’clock position. E arising from T at 11:00 o’clock position, short and bent at its basal part. T concave at the central part, with proximal hump and distal elongate outgrowth. Spermophor visible submarginally on retrolateral T in ventral view and in prolateral view as short straight tube before becoming narrow and entering further distal the E. RTA arising proximally from Ti, with three apices, vRTA broad.

Colouration ( Figs 158A–B ): DS yellow with dark spots, median with distinct and characteristic dark band, margin with irregular black patterns. Fovea with camouflaged in median band, tiny spots marking striae. OS dorsally yellow with a reddish-brown line in longitudinal axis above heart and lots of reddish-brown marks and irregular pattern, ventrally with several reddish-brown marks, with a reddish-brown region at its posterior part.

FEMALE: Unknown.

Distribution. China (Yunnan Province).

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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 157. Pseudopoda luechunensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov., holotype, male: A–C Left male palp (A. prolateral; B. ventral; C. retrolateral). Scale bars: A–C: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 158. Pseudopoda luechunensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov., A–B Male habitus (A. dorsal; B. ventral). Scale bars: A–B: 2 mm.