Pseudopoda prompta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885)

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 : 221-222

Pseudopoda prompta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) Figs 201–202 , Map 3

Sarotes promptus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885: 71 (Lectotype: female from India, deposited in OUMNH; Paralectotypes: 3 females from India, deposited in OUMNH. Examined).

Heteropoda smythiesi Simon, 1897: 259 (Lectotype: male from India, deposited in MNHN; Paralectotype: 1 male from India, deposited in MNHN. Examined ). Gravely, 1931: 256, fig 9K (Description of male).

Heteropoda prompta Pocock, 1900: 261 (Description of male). Gravely, 1931: 256, figs 9L–O, 12C–E (Description of male and female). Sethi & Tikader, 1988: 15, figs 46–51 (Description of male and female). Marusik, 1993: 457, fig 1 (Description of female).

Pseudopoda prompta Jäger, 2000: 63 , figs 1–15 (Transfer from Heteropoda , synonym). Jäger, 2001: 36, figs 21d–m, 22a–k, 23i, 83d (Description of male and female).

Material examined. INDIA, Himachal Pradesh: 2 females, Shimla City, University Campus 5, 31.11°N ,

77.14°E, 2186 m, 25 May 1999 , Yu. M. Marusik leg. ( SMF, IND0003 – IND0004 ) .

Description. For details see Jäger (2001).

Distribution. India (Himachal Pradesh) and Pakistan.

Figures

FIGURE 201. Pseudopoda prompta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885), female: A. Epigyne, ventral; B. Vulva, dorsal. Scale bars: A–B: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 202. Pseudopoda prompta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885), A–B Female habitus (A. dorsal; B. ventral). Scale bars:A–B: 2 mm.