One new species of Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 from Shennongjia, Central China (Araneae, Sparassidae)

Authors: Wen, Lelei Country: People's Republic of China DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e130445 Published: Jan. 1, 2024 Source: Biodiversity Data Journal OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: huntsman spiders · Topics: Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

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Pseudopoda Jäger, 2000 is currently the largest genus in the family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872, comprising 255 species. Of these, 154 species have been recorded in China, representing 60.4% of the global species.In October 2023, a spider survey was conducted in Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, Hubei Province, China. After examination and morphological comparison, one new species of the genus Pseudopoda was identified and is described here.In this paper, a new species of Pseudopoda collected in Hubei Province, China, is proposed and named Pseudopoda guanmenshan sp. nov. A detailed description, diagnosis, photographs and distribution map of the new species are provided.

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