Published February 17, 2023 | Version v1

Pseudopoda sangzhiensis Zhang, Jager & Liu 2023, spec. nov.

  • 1. Hubei Key Laboratory of Regional Development and Environmental Response, Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, China
  • 2. Arachnology, Senckenberg Research Institute, Mertonstrasse 17 - 21, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany;

Description

Pseudopoda sangzhiensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. Figs 214–215, Map 6

Type material. CHINA, Hunan Province: Holotype female from Zhangjiajie City, Sangzhi County, Tianpingshan Forest Farm, Davidia involucrata Garden, 29.78°N, 110.09°E, 1401 m, 20 June 2017, Y. Zhong & Y. Zhu leg. (CBEE, LJ05075).

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the type locality, the Sangzhi County; adjective.

Diagnosis. The female of P.sangzhiensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. differs from those of other Pseudopoda members by the unusual arrangement of the sclerotised sub-spherical sclerotised part of the IDS.

FEMALE (LJ05075): Measurements: Small sized. Body length 7.8, DS length 3.6, width 3.4, OS length 4.2, width 2.6. Eyes: AME 0.13, ALE 0.22, PME 0.15, PLE 0.18, AME–AME 0.16, AME–ALE 0.09, PME–PME 0.23, PME–PLE 0.34, AME–PME 0.29, ALE–PLE 0.26, CH AME 0.41, CH ALE 0.33. Spination: Pp 131, 101, 2121, 1014; Fe I–II 323, III 322, IV 331; Pa I–III 101, IV 000; Ti I–II 2228, III–IV 2126; Mt I–II 3034, III–IV 3036. Measurements of palps and legs: Pp 4.4 (1.2, 0.6, 0.9, –, 1.7); I 11.1 (3.3, 1.2, 3.1, 2.4, 1.1); II 14.7 (3.8, 1.5, 4.7, 3.4, 1.3); III 9.6 (2.9, 1.1, 2.6, 2.0, 1.0); IV 11.7 (3.5, 0.8, 3.0, 3.2, 1.2). Leg formula: II-IV-I-III. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 25 denticles.

Epigyne (Figs 214A–C): As in diagnosis. EF wider than long. Spherical parts of IDS extending transversally, forming a semicircle, swollen apical part with distinct glandular pores.

Colouration (Figs 215A–B): DS yellow with dark pattern in three elements: a median band consisting of irregular marbled pattern, two distinctly curved lateral bands with few dots along striae, and narrow but distinct marginal bands running in the thoracic part. OS dorsally creamy white with reddish-brown patches, anteriorly paired, farther posterior fused to transverse patches, laterally spotted, ventrally light yellow with silvery white gunaine crystals.

MALE: Unknown.

Distribution. China (Hunan Province).

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-304 in Megataxa 9 (1) on page 235, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.9.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7658066

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Biodiversity

Collection code
CBEE
Material sample ID
LJ05075
Event date
2017-06-20
Verbatim event date
2017-06-20
Scientific name authorship
Zhang, Jager & Liu
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Sparassidae
Genus
Pseudopoda
Species
sangzhiensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Pseudopoda sangzhiensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, 2023