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Pseudopoda deformis Gong & Zhong 2023

  • 1. School of Nuclear Technology and Chemistry & Biology, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning, Hubei, China & College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xingtai University, Xingtai, Hebei, China & Hebei Provincial Sweet Potato Breeding and Application Technology Innovation Center, Xingtai, Hebei, China & Arachnid Resource Centre of Hubei Province & Hubei Key Laboratory of Regional Development and Environmental Response, Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
  • 2. Arachnid Resource Centre of Hubei Province & Hubei Key Laboratory of Regional Development and Environmental Response, Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei, China & Centre for Behavioral Ecology and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
  • 3. College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China
  • 4. Arachnid Resource Centre of Hubei Province & Hubei Key Laboratory of Regional Development and Environmental Response, Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
  • 5. School of Nuclear Technology and Chemistry & Biology, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning, Hubei, China

Description

Pseudopoda deformis Gong & Zhong, 2023

Figs 3, 4, 8

Pseudopoda deformis Gong & Zhong, in Gong et al. 2023: 191, figs 1 A – F, 2 A – F, 3 A – J (male holotype, male and female paratypes from Guanmenshan Scenic Area, Muyu Town, Shennongjia Forestry District, Hubei Province, China, deposited in HUST, examined).

Other material examined.

China • Chongqing Municipality: 1 female, Wuxi County, Shuangyang Township, Yintiaoling Nature Reserve, Linkouzi, 31.4746°N, 109.8778°E, 1224 m, 22 June 2024, Luyu Wang leg. (CBEE, LJ 20240053).

Diagnosis.

See Gong et al. (2023). The additional female examined has more compact and medially shifted copulatory ducts, consistent with intraspecific variation.

Description.

Female (Figs 3, 4): Internal duct system more compactly coiled, FD more twisted, medially shifted (Fig. 3 A, B). For further description, see Gong et al. (2023).

Remarks.

All examined specimens are considered conspecific based on the general structure and configuration of the epigynal field and vulval organs. The internal duct system is highly convoluted and exhibits no consistent orientation or symmetry, reflecting a high degree of structural complexity and notable intraspecific variation.

Distribution.

China (Hubei Province and Chongqing Municipality, Fig. 8).

Notes

Published as part of Zhang, He, Hu, Chang-Hao, Wang, Lu-Yu, Liu, Jie & Zhong, Yang, 2025, A new species of Pseudopoda (Araneae, Sparassidae) from China, with first description of the female of P. spiralis Zhang, Ja ̈ ger & Liu, 2023, pp. 111-122 in ZooKeys 1260 on pages 111-122, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1260.158762

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CBEE , HUST
Material sample ID
LJ 20240053
Event date
2024-06-22
Verbatim event date
2024-06-22
Scientific name authorship
Gong & Zhong
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Sparassidae
Genus
Pseudopoda
Species
deformis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Pseudopoda deformis Gong, 2023 sec. Zhang, Hu, Wang, Liu & Zhong, 2025

References

  • Gong LJ, Zeng MY, Zhong Y, Yu HL (2023) A new species of Pseudopoda (Araneae, Sparassidae) from China, with the description of different and distinctive internal ducts of the female vulva. ZooKeys 1159: 189-199. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463
  • Gong LJ, Zeng MY, Zhong Y, Yu HL (2023) A new species of Pseudopoda (Araneae, Sparassidae) from China, with the description of different and distinctive internal ducts of the female vulva. ZooKeys 1159: 189–199. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1159.97463