Pseudopoda strombuliformis Zhang, Jager &amp; Liu 2023, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Zhang, He
name: Zhu, Yang
name: Zhong, Yang
name: Jäger, Peter
name: Liu, Jie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sparassidae
Pseudopoda
Pseudopoda strombuliformis

description: <b> <i>Pseudopoda strombuliformis</i> Zhang, Jäger &amp; Liu, spec. nov.</b> Figs 231–232, Map 6 <b>Type material.</b> <b> CHINA, <i>Guangdong Province</i>: Holotype</b> male from Huizhou City, Xiangtou Mountain, 23.31°N, 114.40°E, 474 m, 14 January 2021, Q. Lu leg. (CBEE, LJ20210628003). <b>Etymology</b>. The specific name is derived from the Latin adjective <i>strombuliformis</i>, - <i>is</i>, - <i>e</i>, meaning “spiral”, referring to the E with lots of loops; adjective. <b>Diagnosis.</b> The male of <i>P. strombuliformis</i> Zhang, Jäger &amp; Liu, spec. nov. resembles that of <i>P. maeklongensis</i> Zhao &amp; Li, 2018 (Jiang <i>et al</i>. 2018) by their extremely elongated and spiral filiform E, but can be distinguished by: 1) Alveolus large, extending into distal cymbial half; 2) Cymbium with distinct proximo-retrolaterad protrusion, best seen in ventral view; 3) E forming 7 loops (alveolus small, not extending in distal half, cymbium without such distinct protrusion, E forming five loops in <i>P. maeklongensis</i>). MALE (LJ20210628003): <b>Measurements:</b> Small sized. Body length 7.5, DS length 3.8, width 3.4, OS length 3.7, width 2.0. <b>Eyes:</b> AME 0.17, ALE 0.33, PME 0.23, PLE 0.26, AME–AME 0.17, AME–ALE 0.09, PME–PME 0.20, PME–PLE 0.33, AME–PME 0.30, ALE–PLE 0.27, CH AME 0.36, CH ALE 0.31. <b>Spination:</b> Pp 131, 101, 2101; Fe I–III 323, IV 322; Pa I–IV 101; Ti I–IV 2126; Mt I–II 2024, III 3025, IV 3037. <b>Measurements of palps and legs:</b> Pp 6.7 (2.0, 0.8, 1.4, –, 2.5); I 15.8 (4.7, 1.7, 4.3, 3.7, 1.4); II 19.7 (5.5, 1.9, 5.7, 5.0, 1.6); III 14.5 (4.4, 1.4, 4.0, 3.4, 1.3); IV 16.5 (5.1, 1.1, 4.2, 4.6, 1.5). Leg formula: IIIV-I-III. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 16 denticles. <b>Palp</b> (Figs 231A–C): As in diagnosis. C arising from T at 12:00 o’clock position, short and filiform. E arising from T at 9:00–10:00 o’clock position, basally with stickshaped apophysis. Spermophor running submarginally along retrolateral T, seen prolaterally as much thinner tube with a strong bend proximally. RTA short and broad, arising medially from Ti. <b>Colouration</b> (Figs 232A–B): DS yellowish brown with dark tiny dots and lines. Fovea more distinctly marked than striae. OS dorsally yellow with brown dots at anterior part, with reddish-brown spots and patterns at posterior part. OS ventrally yellow with a regular pattern in the posterior half. FEMALE: Unknown. <b>Distribution.</b> China (Guangdong Province).
description: Published as part of <i>Zhang, He, Zhu, Yang, Zhong, Yang, Jäger, Peter &amp; 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)</i> on pages 249-250, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.9.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7658066
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