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A new species of Pseudopoda (Araneae, Sparassidae) from China, with first description of the female of P. spiralis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, 2023

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  • 1. Hubei University, Wuhan, China|Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning, China|Xingtai University, Xingtai, China|Hebei Provincial Sweet Potato Breeding and Application Technology Innovation Center, Xingtai, China
  • 2. Hunan Normal University, Hunan, China|Hubei University, Wuhan, China
  • 3. Southwest University, Chongqing, China
  • 4. Hubei University, Wuhan, China
  • 5. Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning, China

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One new species of Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 is described from Guangxi, southern China: P. rongxianensis sp. nov. Additional materials of P. deformis Gong & Zhong, 2023 and P. spiralis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, 2023 are also presented, with the female of P. spiralis described for the first time. Figures and distribution data of these three species are provided.

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