Pseudopoda dengi 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 dengi

description: <b> <i>Pseudopoda dengi</i> Zhang, Jäger &amp; Liu, spec. nov.</b> Figs 86–87, Map 4 <b>Type material.</b> <b> CHINA, <i>Yunnan Province</i>: Holotype</b> male from Xishuangbanna Naban River Basin National Nature Reserve, 22.11°N, 100.58°E, 1340 m, 4 August 2020, R. Zhong, W. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Z. Deng &amp; Z. Li leg. (CBEE, LJ201900541). <b>Paratypes:</b> 2 males, with same data as for holotype (CBEE, LJ201900546 – LJ201900547). <b>Etymology</b>. The specific name is a patronym in honour of the collector, Mr Zhongwei Deng; noun in genitive case. <b>Diagnosis.</b> The male of <i>P. dengi</i> Zhang, Jäger &amp; Liu, spec. nov. is similar to that of <i>P. songi</i> Jäger, 2008 (Jäger 2008a) by the E with broad base and with asymmetrical abrupt narrowing between the broad part and filiform part, the similarly arranged RTA, T and spermophor, but can be distinguished by: 1) E shorter, arising from 9:00 to 10:00 o’clock position; 2) RTA longer in retrolateral view (E longer, arising from 8:00 o’clock position and RTA shorter in <i>P. songi</i>). MALE (LJ201900541): <b>Measurements:</b> Medium sized. Body length 9.1–9.6, DS length 4.6, width 4.0, OS length 4.9, width 3.5. <b>Eyes:</b> AME 0.12, ALE 0.24, PME 0.17, PLE 0.19,AME–AME 0.20,AME–ALE 0.14, PME– PME 0.24, PME–PLE 0.35, AME–PME 0.32, ALE–PLE 0.28, CH AME 0.37, CH ALE 0.29. <b>Spination:</b> Pp 131, 101, 2101; Fe I–II 323, III 322, IV 331; Pa I–III 101, IV 001; Ti I–II 2228, III–IV 2126; Mt I–II 2024, III 3024, IV 3036. <b>Measurements of palps and legs:</b> Pp 5.5 (1.6, 0.7, 1.2, –, 2.0); I 16.7 (4.9, 1.9, 4.6, 4.1, 1.2); II 20.9 (5.6, 2.2, 6.4, 5.0, 1.7); III 14.0 (4.1, 1.7, 3.7, 3.4, 1.1); IV 17.5 (5.3, 1.4, 4.5, 4.8, 1.5). Leg formula: II-IV-I-III. Cheliceral furrow with ca. 26 denticles. <b>Palp</b> (Figs 86A–C): As in diagnosis. C arising from T at 12:00 o’clock position, prolatero-distad. E with tip bent at a right angle, its base with triangular hump. Spermophor S-shaped. RTA arising proximally on Ti, distinctly U-shaped in retrolateral view. vRTA and dRTA almost equal length. <b>Colouration</b> (Figs 87A–B): DS light yellow with dark spots, dense cover of dark setae and two lateral bands. Fovea and striae distinctly marked. OS dorsally reddish-brown with lots of black dots, ventrally reddishbrown with several black marks and an inconspicuous band medially, more distinct in posterior half. FEMALE: Unknown. <b>Distribution.</b> China (Yunnan 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 96-98, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.9.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7658066
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