Pseudopoda lushanensis Wang 1990
Creators: name: Quan, Dan
name: Zhong, Yang
name: Liu, Jie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sparassidae
Pseudopoda
Pseudopoda lushanensis

description: Pseudopoda lushanensis (Wang, 1990)
Figs 4 – 5, 13
Heteropoda lushanensis Wang 1990: 8, figs 11 – 12 (male holotype from Mt. Lushan, Jiangxi Province, China, 15 June 1987); Song et al. 1999: 468, fig 268P (male).
Pseudopoda lushanensis (Wang). Jäger 2000: 63 (transferred from Heteropoda); Jäger 2001: 89, figs 47m – n (male).
Material examined. CHINA: Jiangxi Province: 2 males, 3 females, Mt. Lushan (29°30'46.07''N, 115°53'44.15''E), 27 May, 2012, Jie Liu & Fengxiang Liu (HBU); 5 males, 7 females, same locality, 20 May, 2013, Jie Liu & Yang Zhong (HBU).
Diagnosis. Small sized Heteropodinae. This species can be distinguished from other Pseudopoda species by the simple finger-shaped RTA without additional apophysis, the long filiform embolus with broad base in male (Figs 4A – C, 5A – C), by the long tube-shaped copulatory ducts and spermathecae, and the long dorsal part of lateral lobes which is extremely extending into anterior part of epigyne in female (Figs 4E, 5E).
Description. Male: Measurements (in mm): PL 3.47, PW 3.16, AW 1.49, PH 0.98, OL 4.09, OW 2.44. Eyes: AME 0.15, ALE 0.20, PME 0.18, PLE 0.23, AME–AME 0.18, AME–ALE 0.10, PME–PME 0.23, PME–PLE 0.30, AME–PME 0.30, ALE–PLE 0.30, CH AME 0.30, CH ALE 0.25. Leg formula: II-I-IV-III. Spination: Pp 131, 201, 1211; Fe I–II 323, III 322, IV 321; Pa I–IV 101; Ti I–II 2226, III–IV 2126; Mt I–III 2024, IV 3036. Measurements of palps and legs: Pp 5.47 (1.87, 0.85, 0.93, -, 1.82), I 19.92 (5.38, 1.62, 5.75, 5.27, 1.90), II 21.43 (5.73, 1.80, 6.18, 5.70, 2.02), III 15.58 (4.37, 1.36, 4.28, 4.02, 1 55), IV 18.24 (5.14, 1.34, 4.67, 5.34, 1.75). Chelicerae yellow-brown, with 2 short brown longitudinal grains, cheliceral claw brown, cheliceral furrow with 3 anterior and 4 posterior teeth, and with ca. 33 denticles. Carapace yellow, median furrow and radical furrow very distinct, thoracic region pale yellow. Labium yellow, endite yellow-brown. Legs yellow, with brown spots on them. Dorsal opistosoma yellow-brown, with 3 pairs of dark brown dots, behind which is a brown transverse striation (Fig. 5F).
Palp as in diagnosis. Embolus arising from 8-o’ clock position on the tegulum, basally broad, with long and filiform distal tip forming a semicircle. Sperm duct not distinctly visible on the tegulum in ventral view. RTA simple, finger-shaped without apophysis, arising subdistally from Ti (Figs 4A – C, 5A – C).
Female: Measurements (in mm): PL 4.0, PW 3.8, AW 2.1, PH 1.2, OL 4.9, OW 3.5. Eyes: AME 0.15, ALE 0.23, PME 0.20, PLE 0.28, AME–AME 0.20, AME–ALE 0.13, PME–PME 0.28, PME–PLE 0.38, AME–PME 0.33, ALE–PLE 0.30, CH AME 0.40, CH ALE 0.33. Leg formula: II-I-IV-III. Spination: Pp 131, 101, 2121, 1014; Fe I–III 323, IV 321; Pa I–II 101, III–IV 001; Ti I–IV 2126; Mt I–II 2024, III–IV 3036. Measurements of palps and legs: Pp 5.3 (1.5, 0.8, 1.2, -, 1.8), I 16.0 (4.3, 1.8, 4.3, 4.0, 1.6), II 17.0 (5.0, 1.9, 4.5, 4.1, 1.5), III 12.9 (4.0, 1.5, 3.1, 3.0, 1 3), IV 15.4 (4.6, 1.5, 3.7, 4.1, 1.5). Cheliceral furrow with 3 anterior and 4 posterior teeth, and with ca. 45 denticles. Colour pattern is the same as the male (Fig. 5G).
Copulatory organ as in diagnosis. Epigynal field wider than long, without anterior bands. Anterior margins of the lateral lobes U-shaped (Figs 4D – F, 5D – E).
Remarks. Though we didn’t examine the holotype, the unique simple finger-shaped RTA, the long filiform embolus and the distribution of this species indicate that these specimens should be P. lushanensis. Comparing with the original drawings of the holotype, there may be some variation in the conductor shape of the male palp.
Distribution. China (Jiangxi) (Fig. 13).
description: Published as part of Quan, Dan, Zhong, Yang & Liu, Jie, 2014, Four Pseudopoda species (Araneae: Sparassidae) from southern China, pp. 555-571 in Zootaxa 3754 (5) on pages 559-562, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.5.2, http://zenodo.org/record/251027