Pseudopoda yinae 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 yinae

description: Pseudopoda yinae sp. n.
Figs 38–43, 137
Type material. Holotype: male holotype (PJ 2536), 51 km SSE Zhongdian, 6.5 air km NNW Tuguancun, 2970 m, creek valley, mixed coniferous forestwith shrubby vegetation, bamboo [27°25.3’N, 99°56.5’E, N- Yunnan, Zhongdian County, China], 16 August 2003, D.W. Wrase, [4] (SMF).
Etymology. The specific name is dedicated to Prof. Dr Chang-Min Yin (Changsha) for her efforts on arachnological studies in China in general and especially for her kind support of the senior author during his visits in China; noun (name) in genitive case.
Diagnosis. Small-sized Heteropodinae. The species (males, Figs 38–40) can be recognised by the following combination of characters: 1. Embolus with broad distal half, tip tapering, 2. dorsal RTA with tip pointing ventrad and ventral RTA with distinct right angle (retrolateral view), 3. TI I with 1 prolateral spine (in other Pseudopoda species usually 2 prolateral spines).
Description. Male (holotype): PL 2.6, PW 2.4, AW 1.3, OL 3.0, OW 2.5. Eyes: AME 0.12, ALE 0.25, PME 0.19, PLE 0.26, AME–AME 0.11, AME–ALE 0.05, PME–PME 0.18, PME–PLE 0.24, AME–PME 0.26, ALE–PLE 0.25, CH –AME 0.20, CH –ALE 0.13.
Leg formula: 2413. Spination: PP 13(4)1, 100, 1001 (131, 0 0 0, 1001); FE I 322(333), II-III 333, IV 332(1) (I-III 323, IV 331); PA 000; TI I 1026, II-IV 2026; MT I-II 2024, III 3024 (+ distal ventral spine), IV 3036 (+ distal ventral spine and bristles). Measurements of palps and legs: PP 4.0 (1.3, 0.6, 0.8, -, 1.3), I 9.6 (2.7, 1.1, 2.5, 2.3, 1.0), II 10.3 (2.9, 1.2, 2.8, 2.4, 1.0), III 9.1 (2.7, 1.0, 2.5, 2.0, 0.9), IV 9.7 (2.8, 1.1, 2.5, 2.3, 1.0).
Palp as in diagnosis (palps of holotype are expanded). Embolus arising from 8-o’clock-position on tegulum. Sperm duct running sub-marginally in tegulum. RTA arising basally to mesially from TI (Fig. 38). Prolateral claw of right leg III as in Fig. 43.
Colour: Yellowish-brown, distal leg segments darker. DS with two broad dark lateral bands, these with dark radial markings inside and discontinuous by some bright patches; fovea only slightly marked. ST with margin slightly darker and with patches at CX. Frontal CC with longitudinal alternating bright and dark stripes. Ventral CX pale yellow with CX II–IV having each one larger spot; legs with median-sized spots and spine patches. TI with prolateral proximal patch, other parts without distinct pattern. Dorsal OS dark with irregular pattern, brighter around dark heart patch and with two distinct anterior dark patches; posterior half with indistinct white transverse bars; lateral and ventral OS with irregular pattern; ventral dark median band medially brighter (Fig. 42).
Female: unknown.
Distribution. Only known from the type locality (2 in Fig. 137).
Relationships. In this species the arising point of the embolus is shifted proximad in comparison to the previously treated species. Therefore the embolus is longer, but not becoming filiform or tapering as in the group of species described above. According to the shape of the RTA the species may be related to the following species, P. bibulba (Xu and Yin, 2000).
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 14-15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179225