Pseudopoda gongschana Jäger & Vedel, 2007, sp. n.
Creators: name: Jäger, Peter
name: Vedel, Vincent
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Sparassidae
Pseudopoda
Pseudopoda gongschana

description: Pseudopoda gongschana sp. n.
Figs 10–15, 137
Type material: Holotype: male (PJ 1933), Nujiang Prefecture, Gaoligong Shan, Gongshan County, Danzhu He drainage, 13.5 air km SSW of Gongshan, 2700 m [27.631°N, 98.621°E, Yunnan Province, China], 30 June – 5 July 2000, D. Kavanaugh, C. Griswold, H.B. Liang, D. Ubick, H.M. Yan & D.Z. Dong (HNU).
Paratypes: 26 males (PJ 1965–1967, 1972–1981, 1983–1995), 4 females (PJ 1934–1935, PJ 1963–1964), same data as holotype (13 males, 2 females HNU; 12 males, 2 females CAS; 2 males SMF). 4 males (PJ 2000–2003), Nujiang Prefecture, Gaoligong Shan, Nujiang State Nature Reserve, No. 12, Bridge Camp area, 16.3 air km W of Gongshan, 2775 m [27.715°N, 98.502°E, Yunnan Province, China], 15–19 July 2000, H.M. Yan, D. Kavanaugh, C.E. Griswold, H.B. Liang, D. Ubick & D.Z. Dong (2 males HNU; 2 males CAS).
Etymology. The specific epithet is referring to the type locality (Gongshan); adjective.
Diagnosis. Small- to medium-sized Heteropodinae. The species may be recognised by the following combination of characters: Males (Figs 10–12) — 1. Embolus short and slightly bent, with triangular indentation close to tip (ventral view), 2. Interspace between dorsal and ventral RTA about the width of dorsal RTA (retrolateral view). Females (Figs 13–15) — 1. Anterior margins of lateral epigynal lobes semicircular, 2. Internal duct system visible through cuticle in ventral view as large circular patches in centre of lateral lobes. 3. Margins of first winding of internal duct system undulated.
Description. Male (measurements of holotype first, those for paratypes in parentheses): PL 5.0 (4.2– 5.7), PH 1.8 (1.7–2.5), PW 4.4 (3.6–4.6), AW 2.5 (2.1–2.9), OL 5.7 (4.6–6.9), OW 3.9 (2.6–3.7). Eyes: AME 0.22 (0.22–0.26), ALE 0.34 (0.32–0.33), PME 0.26 (0.22–0.26), PLE 0.34 (0.27–0.33), AME–AME 0.17 (0.17–0.20), AME–ALE 0.09 (0.04–0.08), PME–PME 0.32 (0.26–0.33), PME–PLE 0.33 (0.31–0.33), AME– PME 0.31 (0.22–0.30), ALE–PLE 0.25 (0.23–0.27), CH –AME 0.37 (0.33–0.49), CH –ALE 0.33 (0.28–0.43). Leg formula: 2143. Spination: PP 131, 101, 2101; FE I–II 323, III 322 (323; n=2), IV 331; PA I–II 101, III 101(001), IV 000; TI I–II 2226, III 2226 –2026, IV 2126; MT I–II 2024, III 3024, IV 3036. Measurements of palps and legs: PP 8.6 (7.7–9.0) [2.8, 1.3, 1.6, 2.9], I 29.5 (29.3–31.1) [7.5, 2.6, 8.2, 8.6,2.6], II 32.3 (31.7– 33.2) [8.3, 2.7, 9.1, 9.4, 2.8], III 26.9 (25.9–27.6) [7.2, 2.3, 7.6, 7.5, 2.3], IV 28.7 (27.8–29.7) [6.6, 2.5, 8.3, 8.6, 2.7].
Palp as in diagnosis. Cymbium with distinct retrolateral bulge. Embolus originating from 9-o’clock-position on the tegulum (Fig. 11), slightly sickle-shaped (prolateral view, Fig. 10). Sperm duct running semi-marginally along retrolateral side of tegulum (Fig. 11), narrow at prolateral side and s-shaped on tegular bulge (prolateral view, Fig. 10).
Colour: DS yellowish-brown, with brown markings along the fovea and striae. CC reddish-brown and darker than rest of body. ST without distinct pattern. Dorsal OS dark brown with irregular darker patch, in posterior half with white transversal band. Legs yellowish-brown, bright at basal segments, distal segments darker.
Female (measurements of paratypes): PL 5.3–6.2, PH 2.2–2.5, PW 4.0–5.1, AW 2.9–3.2, OL 7.1–10.0, OW 4.6–8.0. Eyes: AME 0.23–0.28, ALE 0.35–0.42, PME 0.26–0.28, PLE 0.31–0.38, AME–AME 0.22– 0.30, AME–ALE 0.04–0.08, PME–PME 0.33–0.41, PME–PLE 0.40–0.44, AME–PME 0.31–0.36, ALE–PLE 0.26–0.31, CH –AME 0.42–0.75, CH –ALE 0.35–0.69.
Leg formula: 2143. Spination: PP 131, 101, 2121, 1014; FE I–III 323, IV 331; PA I–III 0 0 1 (101), IV 000; TI I–II 2226 (2126), III–IV 2226 (2026); MT I–II 2024, III 3024, IV 3036. Measurements of palps and legs: PP 7.6–8.3 [2.3, 1.2, 1.6, 2.5], I 21.1–23.9 [5.9, 2.7, 6.4, 6.9, 2.0], II 22.0–25.0 [6.8, 2.9, 6.8, 6.4, 2.1], III 18.4–20.9 [5.9, 2.3, 5.5, 5.3, 1.9], IV 20.9–23.2 [6.2, 2.4, 6.1, 6.4, 2.1].
Copulatory organ as in diagnosis. Epigynal field wider than long. Epigyne with anterior margins of lateral lobes distinctly bent posteriolaterally. Lateral lobes touching each other only slightly, their posterior margins with median indentation. Dorsal part of lateral lobes extending in anterior half of vulva (Figs 13–15).
Colour: As in male, but generally darker.
Variation. Variable leg spination in PA I–III (101 in n=18, 0 0 1 in n=14) and TI (2226 in n=16, 2126 in n=15, 2026 in n=1).
Distribution. Known from two different localities in the Gongshan mountains in Yunnan Province (localities 4, 6 in Fig. 137).
Relationships. Males are clearly similar to those of the two previous species. According to the shape of the anterior margins of lateral lobes as well as the size and shape of the globular structures of the internal duct system (ventral view) females are similar to that one recorded from N-Myanmar, illustrated by Jäger (2001: figs 35j–l). The latter specimen could not be assigned unambiguously to one of the two males collected with it (P. platembola Jäger, 2001; Pseudopoda sp. cf. platembola). Compare also relationships of P. saetosa sp. n.
description: Published as part of Jäger, Peter & Vedel, Vincent, 2007, Sparassidae of China 4. The genus Pseudopoda (Araneae: Sparassidae) in Yunnan Province, pp. 1-38 in Zootaxa 1623 on pages 6-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179225