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Male. Holotype (SP–GLGS–11–41): total length 4.39; prosoma 2.11 long, 2.02 wide; opisthosoma 2.29 long, 1.43 wide. Fovea long, longitudinal. Coloration: Dorsal borders of prosoma brown, as the thick U-shaped pattern, rest yellow. Radial furrows and fovea dark brown. Chelicerae, labium, gnathocoxae and sternum yellow. Sternum with dark setae. Legs yellow, with dark dots randomly distributed, and especially on the setae and spine bases of femur. Dorsal opisthosoma dark brown, with some small pale spots distributed around the opisthosoma, anterior part with two pale patches, cardiac pattern brown, muscle impressions yellow (Fig. 34); venter yellow (Fig. 35). Both eye rows slightly recurved. Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.13, ALE 0.26, PME 0.18, PLE 0.27; AME–AME 0.10, AME–ALE 0.03, PME–PME 0.16, PME–PLE 0.23. MOA 0.52 long, anterior width 0.30, posterior width 0.55. Clypeus height 0.21. Chelicerae with three promarginal and four retromarginal teeth, with eight denticles between them. Leg measurements: I 11.04 (2.41, 1.60, 2.81, 2.72, 1.50), II 12.24 (2.43, 1.64, 2.88, 2.73, 1.56), III 10.86 (2.33, 1.62, 2.69, 2.75, 1.47), IV 10.97 (2.38, 1.60, 2.78, 2.72, 1.49). Leg formula: 2143. Leg spination: palps 131, 101, 2121; femur I 223, II 323, III 322, IV 331; patella I–IV 001; tibia I–III 2026, IV 2126; metatarsus I–II 0004, III 2026, IV 3036. Male palp. Tegulum large (Figs 37, 44); embolus with thin tip and arising from 9 o’clock-position on tegulum (Figs 36–37, 43–44); embolic projection long, strip-like (Figs 36–37, 43–44); sperm duct S-shaped, running retrolaterally in the tegulum (Figs 37, 44–45); RTA with broad base, arising medially from tibia, dorsal branch thin, slightly curved, longer than ventral branch, ventral branch wide and with a small tooth on anterior margin (Figs 37–38, 44–45).
Females. Paratype (SP–GLGS–11–42): total length 6.51; prosoma 3.11 long, 2.22 wide; opisthosoma 3.42 long, 2.12 wide. Coloration: Venter yellow, with a black patch before spinnerets and some small black spots distributed laterally (Fig. 40). Shape, color and markings of body as in male (Figs 39–40). Eye diameters and interdistances: AME 0.13, ALE 0.26, PME 0.21, PLE 0.30; AME–AME 0.14, AME–ALE 0.07, PME–PME 0.27, PME–PLE 0.30. MOA 0.64 long, anterior width 0.39, posterior width 0.61. Clypeus height 0.21. Leg measurements: I 12.10 (3.82, 1.23, 2.81, 2.61, 1.63), II 12.21 (3.86, 1.23, 2.88, 2.63, 1.61), III 11.55 (3.69, 1.17, 2.62, 2.55, 1.52), IV 11.94 (3.78, 1.19, 2.78, 2.59, 1.60). Leg formula: 2143. Leg spination: palps 131, 101, 2121, 2112; femur I–II 323, III 322, IV 331; patella I–IV 001; tibia I–III 2026, IV 2126; metatarsus I–II 0004, III 2026, IV 3036. Epigyne. Median field of epigyne narrow, almost oval, anterior margin distinct, without longitudinal bands (Figs 41, 46); LLs longer than wide, closer to each other at the anterior median line, anterior and posterior margins of the LLs distinctly curved, anterior margins bracket shaped, (Figs 41, 46); posterior part of first winding of internal duct system wider than anterior part (Figs 42, 47).
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- Zhang F, Zhang B, Zhang Z (2013) New species of Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 from Southern China (Araneae, Sparassidae) ZooKeys 361: 37–60
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- Feng Zhang
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- Bao-Shi Zhang
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- Zhi-Sheng Zhang
Distribution
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Maji Town, Fugong County, Yunnan Province, China; Jietou Town, Tengchong County, Baoshan City, Yunnan Province, China.
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- Feng Zhang, Bao-Shi Zhang, Zhi-Sheng Zhang
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- Zhang F, Zhang B, Zhang Z (2013) New species of Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 from Southern China (Araneae, Sparassidae) ZooKeys 361: 37–60
- author
- Feng Zhang
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- Bao-Shi Zhang
- author
- Zhi-Sheng Zhang