Pseudopoda

Jäger, Peter & Vedel, Vincent, 2007, Sparassidae of China 4. The genus Pseudopoda (Araneae: Sparassidae) in Yunnan Province, Zootaxa 1623, pp. 1-38 : 17

Pseudopoda sp. cf. bibulba ( Xu and Yin, 2000)

Figs 55–59 , 137

Material examined CHINA: Yunnan: 1 female (PJ 2158), Mengla County, Hsiao Meng Lun, 21°55' N, 101°15' E, Meng Xue Shihui Liu, 11 November 1988, Song Daxiang, #30 (IOZ).

Description. PL 4.6, PH 1.4, PW 4.0, AW 2.3, OL 4.5, OW 2.7.

Lateral coils of internal duct system are very similar to those of P. bibulba , but the median part is not as long as in P. bibulba ( Figs 55–58 ). Moreover, the anterior median margins of the lateral lobes do not exhibit the distinct bend as in P. bibulba and a distinct bright median band on the dorsal shield of the prosoma is missing. As no conspecific male is known and both localities are about 370 air kilometres apart, no statements on taxonomic status can be drawn and, therefore, the specimen is not described as a new species here.

Relationships. See P. b i b u l b a.

Figures

FIGURE 137. Localities of Pseudopoda spp. in Yunnan and adjacent regions. 1 — Wengshang, 55 km N Zhongdian (shuqiangi); 2 — Tuguancun, 51 km SSE Zhongdian (yinae), 3 — Qiqi He (contentio), 4 — Bridge Camp (No. 12) (contentio, gongschana), 5 – 6 — Danzhu He (5 — 15.7 – 16.0 air km SW of Gongshan: contentio, saetosa; 6 — 13.5 air km SSW of Gongshan: contentio, gongschana), 7 — Pianma (amelia, digitata, sinapophysis), 8 — Zhon Lushui Xian (interposita), 9 — Luoshuidong (obtusa, sinapophysis), 10 — Nankang (contraria, sinapophysis), 11 — Yangbi (yunnanensis), 12 — Dali (cangschana, daliensis, rivicola), 13 — Xishan (bibulba, roganda, spiculata), 14 — Hsiao Meng Lun (cf. bibulba). Open square — Adung Valley; N Myanmar (platembola, biapicata). Filled square — Emei Shan, Sichuan Province, China (rivicola). Inset: Position of Yunnan Province in China.

FIGURES 44 – 59. 44 – 54 Pseudopoda bibulba (Xu & Yin 2000) from Kunming (44 – 46 male, PJ 1714; 47 – 51 female, PJ 1715; 52 – 54 holotype female, PJ 2547). 55 – 59 Pseudopoda sp. cf. bibulba (Xu & Yin 2000) from Hsiao Meng Lun (female, PJ 2158). 44 – 46 Left male palp (44 prolateral; 45 ventral; 46 retrolateral); 47, 52, 55 – 56 Epigyne, ventral; 48, 53, 57 Vulva, dorsal; 49, 54, 58 Schematic course of internal duct system, dorsal; 50 Prosoma, dorsal; 51 Sternum, ventral; 59 femur, right leg IV, prolateral.