Pseudopoda mamillaris 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 : 176-178

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/megataxa.9.1.1

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scientific name

Pseudopoda mamillaris Zhang, Jäger & Liu
status

sp. nov.

Pseudopoda mamillaris Zhang, Jäger & Liu , spec. nov. Figs 159–160 View FIGURE 159 View FIGURE 160 , Map 4 View MAP 4

Type material. CHINA, Yunnan Province: Holotype GoogleMaps female from Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture   GoogleMaps , Luechun County, Martyr Cemetery   GoogleMaps , 22.99°N, 102.45°E, 1940 m, 11 July 2020, R. Zhong, W. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Z. Deng & Z. Li leg. ( CBEE, LJ202002615 ). Paratypes: 4 females, with same data as for holotype ( CBEE, LJ202002620 , LJ202002652 , LJ202002654 , LJ202002657 ) GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the Latin adjective mamillaris , - is, - e, meaning “mamillate”, referring to the two mamillate protrusions of S in ventral view; adjective.

Diagnosis. The female of P. mamillaris Zhang, Jäger & Liu , spec. nov. resembles those of P. birmanica , P. gongschana and P. platembola by the similar shape of LL, but can be distinguished by the following combination of characters: 1) LL touching each other along the middle line and bulging slightly anterior; 2) Most part of IDS covered by FW except the lateral parts (LL touching each other only slightly, entire IDS covered by FW or FW and LL in P. birmanica , P. gongschana and P. platembola ).

FEMALE ( LJ 202002615): Measurements: Small sized. Body length 7.2–8.0, DS length 3.3, width 2.8, OS length 4.2, width 3.0. Eyes: AME 0.12, ALE 0.23, PME 0.16, PLE 0.20,AME–AME 0.11,AME–ALE 0.05, PME– PME 0.16, PME–PLE 0.30, AME–PME 0.25, ALE–PLE 0.20, CH AME 0.31, CH ALE 0.28. Spination: Pp 131, 101, 2121, 1014; Fe I–II 323, III–IV 322; Pa I–III 101, IV 100; Ti I–II 2228, III–IV 2126; Mt I–II 2024, III 3025, IV 3036. Measurements of palps and legs: Pp 4.4 (1.2, 0.6, 0.9, –, 1.7); I 9.4 (2.7, 1.2, 2.5, 2.1, 0.9); II 12.6 (3.3, 1.4, 3.7, 3.0, 1.2); III 8.0 (2.4, 1.0, 2.1, 1.8, 0.7); IV 10.1 (3.2, 0.8, 2.4, 2.7, 1.0). Leg formula: II-IV-I-III. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 23 denticles.

Epigyne ( Figs 159A–C View FIGURE 159 ): As in diagnosis. EF wider than long; AB indistinct. LL with nearly as wide as long. Spherical structures of IDS close to each other along the middle line in ventral view. FD short and relatively broad.

Colouration ( Figs 160A–B View FIGURE 160 ): DS brown with dark spots and hairs, two lateral bands, margin with thin dash line and black pattern. Fovea and striae distinctly marked. OS dorsally reddish brown, with two brown regions at anterior margins and a transverse yellow patch at posterior part. OS ventrally reddish brown, with lots of dark brown marks, irregular arranged.

MALE: Unknown.

Distribution. China (Yunnan Province).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Sparassidae

Genus

Pseudopoda

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