Pseudopoda parvipunctata Jäger, 2001

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

Pseudopoda parvipunctata Jäger, 2001 Figs 198–200 , Maps 2, 4

Pseudopoda parvipunctata Jäger, 2001: 94 , figs 49e–l (Holotype: male from Doi Suthep and Doi Pui , Chaing Mai Province , Thailand, deposited in QMB; Paratypes: 2 females from Doi Suthep and Doi Pui, Chaing Mai Province, Thailand, deposited in QMB. Examined).

Material examined. CHINA, Yunnan Province: 2 males, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Mengla County, Bubang Village , 21.61°N, 101.58°E, 680 m, 24 November 2019, B. Liang, J. Chen, J. Liu & Z. Li leg. ( CBEE, LJ201903771 – LJ201903772 ) . THAILAND, Chiang Mai Province: 2 males, Doi Suthep , 18.80°N, 98.92°E, 1100 m, 21 December 1958, B. Degenbol leg. ( ZMUC, THI0032 – THI0033 ) . LAOS, Luang Nam Tha Province: 1 female, Luang Nam Tha, Nam Ha 5, between Luang Nam Tha and Muang Sing, 21.15°N, 101.33°E, 848 m, secondary forest, along stream, leaf litter, 5 March 2008, P. Jäger leg. ( SMF, SD568 ) .

Description. For details see Jäger (2001).

Variation. Males: the apical part of the E is differently situated and oriented than in the holotype (cf. Jäger, 2001: figs 49e–g). Moreover, the distal loop of the spermophor seen in ventral view is slightly differently oriented than in the holotype. Females: Lateral margins of FW convex (distinctly concave in paratype; cf. Jäger 2001: figs 49i–k); anterior tips of lateral loops of IDS medio-anteriad (roughly anteriad in paratype).

Distribution. China (Yunnan Province), Laos (Luang Nam Tha Province) and Thailand (Chiang Mai Province; type locality).

Figures

FIGURE 198. Pseudopoda parvipunctata Jäger, 2001, male: A–C Left male palp (A. prolateral; B. ventral; C. retrolateral). Scale bars: A–C: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 199. Pseudopoda parvipunctata Jäger, 2001, female: A. Epigyne, ventral; B. Vulva, dorsal. Scale bars: A–B: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 200. Pseudopoda parvipunctata Jäger, 2001, A–B Male habitus (A. dorsal; B. ventral); C–D Female habitus (C. dorsal; D. ventral). Scale bars: A–D: 2 mm.