Pseudopoda arta 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 arta

description: <b> <i>Pseudopoda arta</i> Zhang, Jäger &amp; Liu, spec. nov.</b> Figs 18–19, Map 2 <b>Type material.</b> <b> VIETNAM, <i>Vinh Phuc Province</i>: Holotype</b> female from Tam Dao District [22.77°N, 104.94°E], 130 m. (CBEE, LJ20210628007). <b>Etymology</b>. The specific name is derived from the Latin adjective <i>artus</i>, - <i>a</i>, - <i>um</i>, meaning “narrow”, referring to the IDS in ventral view thinner than in most other congeners; adjective. <b>Diagnosis.</b> The female of <i>P. arta</i> Zhang, Jäger &amp; Liu, spec. nov. is similar to that of <i>P. tiantangensis</i> Quan <i>et al</i>., 2014 (Quan <i>et al</i>. 2014) by the similar shape of the EF, but can be distinguished by: 1) Sclerotised parts of copulatory ducts forming a wide inverted “V” with an angle larger than 90°, and a distinctly visible turn; 2) Lateral parts of anterior margins of LL latero-anteriad (sclerotised parts of copulatory ducts forming a right-angled inverted “V”, without a distinctly visible turn; lateral parts of anterior margins of LL laterad in <i>P. tiantangensis</i>). FEMALE (LJ20210628007): <b>Measurements:</b> Medium sized. Body length 11.7, DS length 5.6, width 4.8, OS length 6.1, width 3.8. <b>Eyes:</b> AME 0.21, ALE 0.37, PME 0.28, PLE 0.33, AME–AME 0.17, AME–ALE 0.11, PME–PME 0.23, PME–PLE 0.41, AME–PME 0.32, ALE–PLE 0.25, CH AME 0.45, CH ALE 0.37. <b>Spination:</b> Pp 131, 101, 2101, 1014; 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 7.6 (2.2, 1.1, 1.6, –, 2.7); I 19.5 (5.7, 2.1, 5.4, 4.8, 1.5); II 23.2 (6.3, 2.5, 6.7, 5.8, 1.9); III 16.2 (5.2, 1.7, 4.3, 3.9, 1.1); IV 18.5 (5.9, 1.4, 4.4, 5.1, 1.7). Leg formula: II-I-IV-III. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 17 denticles. <b>Epigyne</b> (Figs 18A–C): As in diagnosis. EF longer than wide, with indistinct AB. Anterior margins of EF trilobate. LL touching each other along the median line. FW well developed, covering together with LL the entire IDS. <b>Colouration</b> (Figs 19A–B): DS light reddish brown with dark dots. Fovea distinctly and broadly marked. OS dorsally brown with a transverse yellow line at posterior part. OS ventrally yellow with a longitudinal dark region, margins with dark irregularly arranged spots. MALE: Unknown. <b>Distribution.</b> Vietnam (Vinh Phuc 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 28-29, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.9.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7658066
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