Pseudopoda exigua
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 exigua

description: <b> <i>Pseudopoda exigua</i> (Fox, 1938)</b> Figs 98–100, Maps 2, 5 <i>Heteropoda exigua</i> Fox, 1938: 370, figs 1, 3 (Holotype male from Sichuan Province, China, deposited in USNM, examined). <i>Pseudopoda exigua</i> Jäger, 2000: 63 (Transfer from <i>Heteropoda</i>); Jäger, 2001: 87, figs 47h–l (Redescription of male). <b>Material examined.</b> <b> THAILAND, <i>Chiang Mai Province</i>:</b> 4 males, 1 female, Doi Inthanon National Park, Kew Mae Pan Nature trail, 18.55°N, 98.48°E, 2170 m, 5 October 2003, C. J. Grismado leg. (CBEE, MBR0058); 1 female, Doi Inthanon National Park, Checkpoint 2, 18.59°N, 98.49°E, 1700 m, 6 July 2006, Malaise leg. (SMF, THI0065); 1 female, Doi Suthep, 18.80°N, 98.92°E, 1006 m, 3 July 2014, O. Kosulic leg. (SMF, SMF0005); 2 males, Doi Inthanon National Park, Kew Mae Pan Nature trail, 18.55°N, 98.48°E, 2170 m, 25 September 2002, P. Dankittipakul leg. (SMF, THI0063); 4 males, 4 females, Doi Inthanon National Park, 18.59°N, 98.48°E, 1680 m, 24 October 2002, P. Dankittipakul leg. (SMF, IND0007); 1 male, Doi Inthanon National Park, 18.59°N, 98.48°E, 1680 m, 28 November 1999. (SMF, THI0066); 1 female, Doi Inthanon, 2530 m, 17 December 1996, PJ 188, SD 1355 (SMF, QMB 28041); 1 female, Doi Inthanon National Park, 2500 m, 28 October 2000, P. Schwendinger leg. (MHNG, TH-00/03); 1 female, Doi Inthanon National Park, intersection to Mae Charem and checkpoint, wet primary forest, 18.52°N, 98.50°E, 1800 m, 3 October 2003, ATOL expedition 2003 (MACN). <b>Diagnosis of female.</b> The female of this species may be distinguished by the medially absolutely fused LL, the unique shape of first winding of IDS. MALE: For details see Jäger (2001). FEMALE (THI0065): <b>Measurements:</b> Medium sized. Body length 10.8–11.7, DS length 5.6, width 5.0, OS length 5.7, width 3.7. <b>Eyes:</b> AME 0.16, ALE 0.29, PME 0.18, PLE 0.26, AME–AME 0.17, AME–ALE 0.10, PME–PME 0.23, PME–PLE 0.37, AME–PME 0.31, ALE–PLE 0.29, CH AME 0.43, CH ALE 0.34. <b>Spination:</b> Pp 131, 101, 2101, 1014; Fe I 323, II–III 322, IV 331; Pa I–III 101, IV 000; Ti I–II 2228, III 2226, IV 2126; Mt I–II 3034, III–IV 3036. <b>Measurements of palps and legs:</b> Pp 7.6 (2.2, 1.1, 1.6, –, 2.7); I 18.5 (5.1, 2.4, 4.8, 4.6, 1.6); II 22.0 (5.8, 2.7, 6.5, 5.2, 1.8); III 16.5 (4.9, 1.9, 4.3, 4.0, 1.4); IV 17.6 (5.3, 1.3, 4.5, 4.8, 1.7). Leg formula: II-I-IV-III. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 22 denticles. <b>Epigyne</b> (Figs 99A–C): As in diagnosis. EF wider than long. Anterior margins of LL well developed in longitudinal axis. IDS with the unique shape of FW, IDS suited postero-laterally. FD situated medially. <b>Colouration</b> (Figs 100C–D): DS light reddish-brown with black markings, fovea and striae distinctly marked. OS dorsally reddish brown, with a bright band in the posterior part. OS ventrally lighter with dense marks. <b>Variation.</b> Female:PL4.8–6.2,OL5.6–6.4.Spination: palpal tibia 2121, Fe II–III 323, Pa I–IV 001, I–IV 2026, Mt I–II 1014, III 3026/3024. The epigyne exhibited in at least three cases mating plugs, two of them separated, one was fused medially. <b>Distribution.</b> China (Sichuan Province; type locality) and Thailand (Chiang Mai Province; new record).
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 108-110, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.9.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7658066
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