Sinopoda Jaeger , 1999

Chae, Junho, Lee, Jun-Gi & Kim, Sam-Kyu, 2022, Taxonomic study on Sinopoda Jaeger, 1999 (Araneae, Sparassidae, Heteropodinae), with three new species from Korea, ZooKeys 1114, pp. 77-104 : 77

Genus Sinopoda Jaeger, 1999

Type species.

Sarotes forcipatus Karsch, 1881

Diagnosis.

This genus is taxonomically close to the genus Heteropoda but has the following combinations of characteristics distinct from Heteropoda and other sparassid genera: 1) male palp with bifurcated RTA, 2) conductor membranous and arising from distal anterior part of tegulum, 3) embolus typically with embolic apophysis, 4) epigyne with pair of modified rims, and 5) female vulva uncoiled, typically fused along the median line, divided into basal part and head (= glandular appendage), situated laterally from the entrance of internal duct into the spermathecae ( Jäger 1999; Liu et al. 2008; Zhang et al. 2015; Grall and Jäger 2020).

Ecological notes.

The genus Sinopoda is nocturnal and wanders various types of fields such as slope, leaf litter, cave, the forest floor, and on trees with bark ( Jäger 1999; Liu et al. 2008; Zhang et al. 2015; Zhong et al. 2019). The female of this genus commonly attaches her egg sac on a flat, wide surface by wrapping it with silks. During the winter season, the Sinopoda species hibernates as juveniles or adults. It is generally known that these huntsman spiders are very difficult to collect since very low numbers exist in their habitats and hand-collecting is the only method for collecting them in the fields ( Zhong et al. 2019; Zhang et al. 2021).