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Issue: Vol. 9 No. 1: 17 February 2023
Type: Monograph
Published: 2023-02-17
DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.9.1.1
Page range: 1–304
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A taxonomic revision of the spider genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 (Araneae: Sparassidae) from East, South and Southeast Asia

Hubei Key Laboratory of Regional Development and Environmental Response, Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, China, The State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering of China, College of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, China
The State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering of China, College of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, China
School of Nuclear Technology and Chemistry & Biology, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, Hubei, China
Arachnology, Senckenberg Research Institute, Mertonstraße 17–21, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Hubei Key Laboratory of Regional Development and Environmental Response, Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, China, The State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering of China, College of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei, China, School of Nuclear Technology and Chemistry & Biology, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, Hubei, China
huntsman spiders diversity taxonomy morphology new species

Abstract

Up to current knowledge, the spider genus Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 is recorded in South, East and Southeast Asia. Ninety-nine new species are named: P. acris Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, Myanmar); P. acutiformis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. aliena Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. allantoides Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. amphitropa Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. anfracta Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, Vietnam); P. apiculiformis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. applanata Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. arta Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, Vietnam); P. auricularis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. bachmaensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, Vietnam); P. bacilliformis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. baoshanensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. bazhongensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. beibeiensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. bifaria Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, India); P. byssina Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, Thailand); P. caoi Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. caudata Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, Laos); P. chiangmaiensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, Thailand); P. chishuiensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. chuxiongensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. colossa Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. columnacea Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, Thailand); P. complanata Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, Thailand); P. conica Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. curva Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. daguanensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. daiyunensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. datangensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. daweiensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. dengi Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. digitaliformis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. drepanoides Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. explanata Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. falcata Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. flabelliformis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, India); P. flexa Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. foliiculiaris Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. gracilenta Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. grandis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. huangensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. huanglianensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. hupingensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. imparilis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. jiangi Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. jiugongensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. kavanaughi Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. kongdangensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. langyaensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. liui Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. longa Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. longcanggouensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. longiuscula Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. longtanensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. longxiensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. luechunensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. mamillaris Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. mamilliformis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, Laos); P. mengsongensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. mojiangensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. nandaensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, India); P. nankunensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. nanlingensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. nayongensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. nematodes Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. nujiangensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. olivea Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. oliviformis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. pantianensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. papilionacea Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. qingxiensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. sacciformis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, Laos); P. sangzhiensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. shimenensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. spatiosa Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, Vietnam); P. spiralis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. strombuliformis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. stylaris Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, Thailand); P. subtilis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. taipingensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. taoi Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. taoyuanensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. tianpingensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. trigonia Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, Bhutan); P. trinacriformis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. waoensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, Thailand); P. wenchuanensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. wui Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. wulaoensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. yangmingensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. yangensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. yangtaiensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (male, China); P. yilanensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. yingjingensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. yunfengensis Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (both sexes, China); P. zhaoae Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China); P. zhengi Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, Vietnam); P. zuoi Zhang, Jäger & Liu, spec. nov. (female, China). The females of P. exigua (Fox, 1938) and P. martinae Jäger, 2001 are described for the first time. Additionally, we provide photos for twenty-one known species, in many cases for the first time: P. cangschana Jäger & Vedel, 2007, P. casaria (Simon, 1897), P. coenobium Jäger et al., 2015, P. confusa Jäger et al., 2006, P. contentio Jäger & Vedel, 2007, P. contraria Jäger & Vedel, 2007, P. digitata Jäger & Vedel, 2007, P. diversipunctata Jäger, 2001, P. exiguoides (Song & Zhu, 1999), P. hirsuta Jäger, 2001, P. minor Jäger, 2001, P. namkhan Jäger et al., 2006, P. parvipunctata Jäger, 2001, P. prompta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885), P. rhopalocera Yang et al., 2009, P. rivicola Jäger & Vedel, 2007, P. rufosulphurea Jäger, 2001, P. schwendingeri Jäger, 2001, P. songi Jäger, 2008, P. spiculata (Wang, 1990) and P. virgata (Fox, 1936).

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