Pseudopoda wulaoensis 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 : 283-286

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/megataxa.9.1.1
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scientific name	Pseudopoda wulaoensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu
status	sp. nov.

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Pseudopoda wulaoensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu , spec. nov. Figs 261–263 View FIGURE 261 View FIGURE 262 View FIGURE 263 , Map 4 View MAP 4

Type material. CHINA, Yunnan Province: Holotype male from Lincang City, Linxiang District, Wulaoshan National Forest Park , Valentine’s Valley , 23.91°N, 100.18°E, 2413 m, 10 November 2015, Y. Zhong & Y. Zhu leg. ( CBEE, LJ2247 ) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: 48 males, 54 females, with same data as for holotype ( CBEE, LJ2231 – LJ2246 , LJ2248 – LJ2333 ) GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the type locality, the Wulaoshan National Forest Park; adjective.

Diagnosis. The male of P. wulaoensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu , spec. nov. is similar to that of P. luechunensis spec. nov. by proximal part of T bulging or protruding distinctly ventrally, E pointing retrolateral, dRTA with two long branches. It can be recognised by: 1) T proximally with two humps, tegular extension in distal half absent; 2) vRTA with blunt tips (T proximally with one hump, with tegular distad protrusion in distal half, vRTA distinctly pointed in P. luechunensis spec. nov.). The female of P. wulaoensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu , spec. nov. resembles that of P. diversipunctata Jäger, 2001 (Jäger 2001) by margins of LL parallel at the median septum parallel, but can be distinguished by: 1) Posterior parts of LL with a small lateral projection; 2) IDS with one simple coil (posterior parts of LL smooth, IDS with two coils in P. diversipunctata ).

MALE (LJ2247): Measurements: Small sized. Body length 7.0–8.4, DS length 3.4, width 3.3, OS length 3.8, width 2.4. Eyes: AME 0.14, ALE 0.20, PME 0.18, PLE 0.26, AME–AME 0.14, AME–ALE 0.07, PME–PME 0.22, PME–PLE 0.31, AME–PME 0.26, ALE–PLE 0.24, CH AME 0.36, CH ALE 0.28. Spination: Pp 131, 101, 2101; Fe I–III 323, IV 331; Pa I–IV 001; Ti I–II 2024, III– IV 2126; Mt I–II 1014, III 3025, IV 3037. Measurements of palps and legs: Pp 5.3 (1.5, 0.8, 1.1, –, 1.9); I 15.5 (4.7, 1.7, 4.3, 3.6, 1.2); II 19.2 (5.1, 2.0, 5.4, 4.9, 1.8); III 13.0 (3.9, 1.5, 3.4, 3.1, 1.1); IV 16.4 (4.9, 1.4, 4.0, 4.4, 1.7). Leg formula: II-IV-I-III. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 22 denticles.

Palp ( Figs 261A–C View FIGURE 261 ):As in diagnosis. C arising from T at 12:30 o’clock position, basally wrinkled. E arising from T at 10:00 o’clock position, short and broad, its apical part bent. Spermophor visible submarginally on retrolateral T in ventral view, S-shaped near the basal of E in prolateral view. RTA arising basally from Ti, vRTA blunt.

Colouration ( Figs 263A–B View FIGURE 263 ): DS yellow with dark spots, margin with thin dashed line and brown patterns. Fovea distinctly marked by longitudinal stripe with diverging lines in front, striae marked indistinctly by rows of tiny dots. OS dorsally yellowish brown with 2 lateral and median bands in anterior half and dense irregular pattern in posterior half, ventrally yellow with lots of reddish-brown marks, irregularly arranged.

FEMALE (LJ2333): Measurements: Small sized. Body length 8.6–9.9, DS length 3.6, width 3.3, OS length 5.2, width 3.7. Eyes: AME 0.13, ALE 0.27, PME 0.19, PLE 0.24, AME–AME 0.16, AME–ALE 0.07, PME– PME 0.19, PME–PLE 0.32, AME–PME 0.24, ALE–PLE 0.22, CH AME 0.36, CH ALE 0.28. Spination: Pp 131, 101, 2121, 1014; Fe I–III 323, IV 331; Pa I–IV 100; Ti I–II 2228, III–IV 2126; Mt I–II 2024, III 2026, IV 3036. Measurements of palps and legs: Pp 5.0 (1.4, 0.6, 1.0, –, 2.0); I 12.6 (3.7, 1.4, 3.5, 3.0, 1.0); II 15.1 (4.2, 1.6, 4.5, 3.6, 1.2); III 10.4 (3.3, 1.1, 2.8, 2.5, 0.7); IV 11.9 (3.9, 0.7, 3.0, 3.2, 1.1). Leg formula: II-I-IV-III. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 17 denticles.

Epigyne ( Figs 262A–C View FIGURE 262 ): As in diagnosis. EF longer in transversal axis, with indistinct AB. Anterior margins of LL short. IDS oval-shaped, becoming narrower posteriorly, partly covered by FW. FD short.

Colouration ( Figs 263C–D View FIGURE 263 ): As in male, generally darker.

Distribution. China (Yunnan Province).