Pseudopoda longxiensis 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 : 172-174

Pseudopoda longxiensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu , spec. nov. Figs 155–156 , Map 6

Type material. CHINA, Fujian Province: Holotype female from Longxishan National Nature Reserve , 26.54°N, 117.21°E, 1400 m, 18 July 2013, X. Cao & Y. Zhong leg.( CBEE, LJ02544 ) . Paratypes: 31females, with same data as for holotype ( CBEE, LJ02545 – LJ02575 ) .

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the type locality, the Longxishan National Nature Reserve; adjective.

Diagnosis. The female of P. longxiensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu , spec. nov. is similar to that of P. foliiculiaris spec. nov. by: 1) Almost straight anterior margins of LL; 2) Long tube-shaped IDS, but can be distinguished by the spherical structures of IDS close to each other along the middle lines of LL (spherical structures of IDS separated from each other at the middle lines in P. foliiculiaris spec. nov.).

FEMALE(LJ02544): Measurements: Medium sized. Body length 6.8–7.9, DS length 3.2, width 2.9, OS length 4.2, width 2.9. Eyes: AME 0.12, ALE 0.21, PME 0.16, PLE 0.18, AME–AME 0.16, AME–ALE 0.09, PME–PME 0.21, PME–PLE 0.33, AME–PME 0.29, ALE–PLE 0.25, CH AME 0.39, CH ALE 0.30. Spination: Pp 131, 101, 2121, 1014; Fe I–II 323, III 322, IV 331; Pa I–III 101, IV 001; Ti I–II 2228, III 2126, IV 2026; Mt I–II 2024, III 3025, IV 3036. Measurements of palps and legs: Pp 4.5 (1.2, 0.6, 0.9, –, 1.8); I 10.2 (3.0, 1.2, 2.7, 2.4, 0.9); II 14.2 (3.7, 1.4, 4.4, 3.4, 1.3); III 9.4 (2.8, 1.1, 2.5, 2.3, 0.7); IV 11.4 (3.4, 0.8, 2.9, 3.2, 1.1). Leg formula: II-IV-I-III. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 27 denticles.

Epigyne ( Figs 155A–C ): As in diagnosis. EF with roughly as long as wide, with indistinct AB. Anterior margins of LL running in transverse axis, slightly curved. Posterior margins of LL with a median incision. FW covering the most of the IDS. FD situated medially.

Colouration ( Figs 156A–B ): DS yellowish with dark spots. Fovea marked with dark line, striae marked with black dots. Sternum and ventral coxae with few pale dots. OS dorsally yellowish brown with lots of reddish-brown patches arranged irregularly, ventrally yellowish brown with several scattered spots and a larger triangular patch in front of spinnerets.

MALE: Unknown.

Distribution. China (Fujian 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 155. Pseudopoda longxiensis 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 156. Pseudopoda longxiensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov., A–B Female habitus (A. dorsal; B. ventral). Scale bars: A–B: 2 mm.