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Published: 2005-01-27
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Pseudopoda fissa sp. nov. — first record of the genus from Vietnam (Araneae: Sparassidae)

Research Institute Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Research Institute Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Araneae Taxonomy zoogeography new species Heteropodinae schwendingeri-group description

Abstract

Pseudopoda fissa sp. nov. is described from Vietnam (male holotype). The new species belongs to the schwendingeri-group, previously known exclusively from northern Thailand. It is the first time that a representative of the genus Pseudopoda is recorded from Vietnam.

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